Reason

REASON

-noun

1. the faculty of rational argument, deduction, judgment, etc.

2. sound mind; sanity

3. a cause or motive, as for a belief, action, etc.

4. an argument in favour of or a justification for something

5. (philosophy) . the intellect regarded as a source of knowledge, as contrasted with experience

6. (logic) . grounds for a belief; a premise of an argument supporting that belief

-verb

7. (when trans., takes a clause as object) to think logically or draw (logical conclusions) from facts or premises

8. (intr.; usually followed by “with”) to urge or seek to persuade by reasoning

9. (trans.; often followed by “out”) to work out or resolve (a problem) by reasoning

a black and white

cord of stone

broke like a great

structure of silence

without reason or call

pressed into streams