单词 | sensitivo-rational |
释义 | sensitivo-rationaladj. Now rare. Having, characterized by, or derived from the faculties of sensation and reasoning. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > and reason sensitivo-rational1768 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] > and sensitive sensitivo-rational1768 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 175 Man has been incompleatly defined a rational animal, he is rather, to use Mr. Woolaston's words, sensitivo-rational. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 391 We are but sensitivo rational creatures, having in our natures a spice of the Angel and of the beast. 1833 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 122 With respect to the cause of it, (man being sensitivo-rational only,) the pleasure appears to be primarily organic. 1870 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 161/1 The operation of natural laws controlling the sensitivo-rational imagination of man. 1951 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 40 125 All our direct knowledge is sensitivo-rational. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1768 |
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