contrary to reason
Example Sentences
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The natural human appetite for rich and sugary foods is thereby derided as not only contrary to reason but also something to be tamed, shunned, even shamed.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022
The distinctness of his perceptions forbade him to doubt the testimony of his senses, yet what he beheld seemed altogether contrary to reason.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile
I was not long in discovering sentiments which seemed to me as abhorrent to humanity as contrary to reason.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd
Whatever is contrary to reason offends by the very fact that it is seen to lack reason.
From An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams by Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent)
Philosophy of the kind you mention is excellent, and forms a basis for Gn�sis which is not contrary to reason, though it is above it.
From The Gnôsis of the Light by Lamplugh, F.
