Both Uses of
rational
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal.†
Chpt 2rational = reasonable
- Man is many things, but he is not rational.†
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(rational as in: rational behavior) reasonable, able to think clearly, or based on logic rather than emotion
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, rational numbers in mathematics are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, 1/3 is a rational number while pi is an irrational number.