ratiocinative
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Newton had a mind predominantly ratiocinative: its movement was spontaneously towards the abstract relations of things.
From The Principles of Success in Literature by Lewes, George Henry
His actual knowledge, however, had remained mere wretched patchwork, his logic came to an end wherever bold reliance upon the intuitive process was needed to supply missing links in the ratiocinative chain.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig
Still, he tried to explain the problem, for he was of an eminently ratiocinative temper.
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole
And the "opinionative" and "ratiocinative" part is more limited than the lower reason; for it regards only things contingent.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Is it not clear, then, that inferences must always be either intuitive or ratiocinative; and is it not strange that Hume should deny that they ever are so?
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas
