All 5 Uses of
rational
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Meanwhile it would seem, as regards the moral question, that his analysis was complete; his casuistry had become keen as a razor, and he could not find rational objections in himself.†
Chpt 1.6rational = reasonable
- Far as he was from being capable of rational reflection at that moment, he felt that no one would behave like that with a person who was going to be arrested.†
Chpt 2.1
- Of course, in the future society there will be no need of assets, but her part will have another significance, rational and in harmony with her environment.†
Chpt 5.1
- "You always have been a very rational person and you've never been mad, never," he observed suddenly with warmth.†
Chpt 6.1 *
- From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hundred suspicions don't make a proof, as the English proverb says, but that's only from the rational point of view—you can't help being partial, for after all a lawyer is only human.†
Chpt 6.2
Definition:
reasonable
in various senses, including:
- "It's not rational to treat 2+2 as 5." -- logical as contrasted to illogical
- "I know you're upset, but please think about this in a rational manner." -- based on reason as contrasted to emotion
- "When I was 10-years-old, I wasn't very smart, but I was still rational." -- capable of using reason as contrasted to being insane or lacking the ability to reason
- "In matters of the heart, I trust my intuition more than my rational analysis." -- based on a logical analysis as contrasted to intuition, instinct, custom, tarot-card reading, or some other system of decision making