单词 | voice of reason |
释义 | > as lemmasvoice of reason voice of reason n. (with the) the person or agency through which reason is expressed or revealed; the representative of a logical, impartial, or rational attitude or stance. ΚΠ 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ii. 6 Such instances and obiections wilbe offered, with whom seeing I am like to encounter, why ought I not at the first to resolue those, which will relent at the voice of reason. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 3 Be assur'd, Lords and Commons, there can no greater testimony appear, then [sic] when your prudent spirit acknowledges and obeyes the voice of reason from what quarter soever it be heard speaking. 1714 J. Robinson Benefits & Duty Members Christ's Kingdom 9 Delusions so contradictory to the most connate Notions of our Minds, to the general Consent of Mankind, and to the loud Voice of Reason. 1840 Church of Eng. Mag. Sept. 167 The advice of his aged counsellors..was the voice of reason, pointing out the path of duty and justice. 1917 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 72 140 The German people are not so unlike our own people as to be deaf to the voice of reason. 2007 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 17 Oct. A coach who often appears to be the voice of reason in a sport where reason can be in short supply. < as lemmas |
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