Definition of Rational

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Rational

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.

Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.

Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.

A rational being.

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Rational Quotations

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.
Thomas Jefferson

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
Ayn Rand

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
Karl Marx

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
Saint Augustine

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
Albert Ellis

I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.
Albert Ellis

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Albert Ellis

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.
Noam Chomsky

Rational Translations

rational in Dutch is redelijk, rationeel
rational in French is rationnel
rational in Italian is razionale
rational in Portuguese is racional
rational in Spanish is racional

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