There is curiously little art concerning the efficacy of reason - perhaps simply because reason is not noticeably efficacious.
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Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.
Habit is stronger than reason.
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
To design something really new and innovative you have to reject reason.
A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.
Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
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