| 单词 | rationalise |
| 例句 | I'm lucky that I run a northern soul club called Great Big Kiss, so I can rationalise my purchase as something I need for the night. My eBay ?122 7in?confession ... 2011-07-28T20:31:01Z It is no longer possible to rationalise as consensual certain egregious pairings, or to accept with equanimity the sexualisation of underage performers. Time's finally up for Hollywood's Lolita complex 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z "They are a way for a community to deal with or rationalise the worst aspects of human behaviour by transmuting them into song," he says. Anaïs Mitchell on Child Ballads: 'They're so beautiful, so strange and weird. That's the poetry of it' 2013-02-08T07:00:05Z He said: "It makes sense to rationalise the really unimportant bits of the portfolio, because they still require money, management and looking after, but that's not the answer to the trust's long-term financial problems." Scotland National Trust properties up for sale after review prompts reforms 2010-08-09T17:09:00Z In private, Butterfield's convictions about original sin somehow enabled him as a married man to rationalise an extended affair. The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield by Michael Bentley ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:05Z According to Albert Speer, the Führer was "highly annoyed", but rationalised Owens's success within the terms of his pseudoscientific race theories. The shameful legacy of the Olympic Games 2012-06-14T19:00:08Z Worse, a formidable intellectual lobby – spearheaded by law professors such as Larry Lessig and funded by Silicon Valley – tried to rationalise such activities under the "free culture" banner. Free Ride by Robert Levine ? review 2011-08-18T11:24:01Z He is infuriated at the national dumbing-down – or is he just rationalising his own depression? God Bless America – review 2012-07-05T20:40:01Z "When you're the one wielding the power, it's always easy to rationalise the way you use it – and to have the hubris to assume your activities will never come back to bite you." Nixon's White House – caught on Super 8 2013-06-13T15:00:01Z Trubridge relies on a rationalising technique called “nerves aren’t real”, which he developed after realising that his nemesis is not a fear of the actual dive, but a fear of failure. How do we conquer Covid-19 fears now we can go out again? 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Sympathy, she says, is being able to rationalise why someone did something. Why write a novel about a brutal female rapist in the age of #MeToo? Amber Tamblyn explains 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Brand's own characters are better: Caroline, who rationalises her prodigious self-indulgence as so many "little treats" to herself; the filthy and fiercely macho army captain Rosie Fielding. Katy Brand 2010-04-23T21:00:00Z "We English," he writes, "editorialise, we rationalise, we explain." Noises off: Theatre that makes us see differently 2012-05-25T08:35:20Z I mean, there's no way to rationalise it. Man Of Steel: eye to eye with Michael Shannon, the new General Zod 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z Rationalise the destruction of history and you will be amazed at what you rationalise next. Egypt's museums must be defended 2011-01-31T12:03:29Z Or No Time to Diet, in which Bond keeps rationalising his steady yet avoidable weight gain? Is James Bond about to die? What the new 007 title might mean 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Lou rationalises these as the means by which he can pursue his plots and grudges, but clearly it is an addiction beyond his control or understanding. Film review: The Killer Inside Me 2010-06-03T21:08:00Z Some vast number of people now meet their partners through the rationalised sifting of online dating services rather than haphazardly, at parties or bars. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z Posterity will always listen Sam Klemke He rationalises his long tradition of blabbering endlessly to nobody in particular as a by-product of an on-the-road existence often devoid of friends and family. Meet Sam Klemke, the original selfie king, and his time machine 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z My dad worried a lot and I had conversations with him trying to rationalise things. Karen Woo: a tribute by her brother 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z And how sad to squander that treasure, to rationalise selling a piece of timeless beauty to pay for navel-gazing local "heritage". Britain is selling out 2013-01-24T16:14:28Z When this happened in the book, everything was rationalised through prose. Catch-22: has George Clooney broken the curse of the unfilmable novel? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z This ideology is often rationalised as "freedom" – particularly "economic freedom" – and wraps itself in the language of individualism. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z By way of contrast, Keats instances Shakespeare, who, possessed of Negative Capability, was content to allow "uncertainties, mysteries and doubts" without attempting to resolve or rationalise them. Why literary archives are like monkfish 2011-01-21T10:46:31Z No matter how hard I try, I can no longer rationalise voting for parties that can never give my community what it wants. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z I don't really see how you can level emptiness at the heart of what Britney does and somehow rationalise that Lady Gaga is different. Readers reviews 2011-03-31T22:30:00Z These mentalities owe everything to the shared ideology of the modern establishment, a set of ideas that helps it to rationalise and justify its position and behaviour. The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z I try to rationalise it: there’s more chance of being in a car accident than in a plane crash. Mary McCartney: ‘My mum sang backing vocals on Let It Be’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z But, in Britain, there has been a drive in art schools to describe and to rationalise what it is that you're making, and that is a death knell to painting. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z “The Republican party has rationalised that his guy is sane, that this guy should be president,” he said. Robert De Niro calls Jon Voight 'delusional' over support for Trump 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In 2011 two firms drew up a plan to rationalise the tangle of concrete barriers and guard shacks that encircle the White House grounds. America’s front yard 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Controlling the desires we can’t rationalise, or that open us or others to harm, is part of our responsibility as evolved animals. I’m happy, so why do I fantasise about sex abuse? | Mariella Frostrup 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z It has been endlessly rationalised, and its inner rhythms and structures mined, but Atkins feels it's unwise for actors to overdo the analysis. All That Fall: the Samuel Beckett stage play that isn't 2012-11-07T19:00:01Z So every evening, I looked online to try to rationalise it. Why three children is my magic number 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z When asked this week to discuss the controversy he claimed that the AJC was “probably looking for ways to rationalise their activity” but added that he’d never discussed it with anyone from the paper. 'Crass and contemptible': is Clint Eastwood's new movie built on a lie? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z I’d spend hours on edge, struggling to trust him, but he would rationalise his behaviour, omitting huge details, claiming he’d simply drunk too much. ‘He collapsed at the roadside. I thought he was dead’: couples on surviving trauma 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z It was terrifying at first but I started to rationalise it and thought - I can't really be suffering from cancer. Last night a DVD saved my life 2012-05-17T16:03:06Z In an attempt to rationalise why I unconsciously feel under attack, my conscious mind keeps trying to come up with reasons for my imminent death. 'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Leaving aside the undeniable fact that he’s definitely trying to rationalise making Bright, it’s heady stuff. Gettin' vloggy with it: how YouTube might save Will Smith's career 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z "The fact that others have stepped back from the market: I think there's a lot of people rationalising their loss of share," he said on a call with journalists. Australia's ANZ posts record FY profit, investors fret over mortgage pressure 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Dr Brazeau added: "Our study shows how there is merit to both theories without accepting one or the other wholesale. Instead, we can rationalise the areas that overlap." How the fish got its shoulder 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z It said retaining the combined Frasers fashion teams while rationalising its portfolio in this space to focus on fewer brands made sense in the current climate. Shein buys Missguided brand from Britain's Frasers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z "Retaining the combined Frasers fashion teams whilst rationalising our portfolio in this space to focus on fewer brands makes a lot of sense in the current climate," Frasers CEO Michael Murray said. Shein buys Missguided IP from Mike Ashley's Frasers 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Michael Murray, the chief executive of Frasers Group and the son-in-law of the firm's founder Mike Ashley, said the company wanted to rationalise its business to focus on fewer brands. Fast fashion giant Shein buys Missguided brand from Frasers Group 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z I surmised that his pessimism stemmed from the guilt of abandoning everything he knew, and his criticism seemed like a way to rationalise his departure, mostly to himself. Reverse migration: Why I'm moving from France to Algeria 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z If it is part of the human condition to try to rationalise away unexplained and shocking events, what can be done? Lucy Letby: How could the NHS stop a future killer within? 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The remaining two factories will be also rationalised and produce vehicles for exports to emerging markets. Factbox: Hyundai's plans for EVs, restructuring in China 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr Baldwin said he had tried to "rationalise" the situation as he thought the guest was just extremely private or had become busy with work. Homophobic guest left me distraught - Airbnb host 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A lawyer who became a tour guide before turning to brewing, Taopiphop said he planned to follow up on regulatory easing with further legislation on rationalising restrictive alcohol advertising and allowing 24-hour alcohol sales. Beer-loving Thai lawmaker takes aim at $14 billion booze industry duopoly 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "We recognise the real sorrow but we do have to rationalise our buildings in an appropriate way." Hundreds of churches will have to close, says Kirk 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z At the time he said he had tasked a group of executives with designing "a new structure that puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalises costs". Disney to cut 7,000 jobs in major shake-up of firm 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "I will say also that, especially in the last two years, we've done lots of amazing things and it felt weird saying no, because we grew up dreaming of these opportunities," rationalises guitarist Thomas Raggi. Måneskin 'wanted to show the dark side of fame' on their new album, Rush 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Nearly a third of the closures were branches of chains which were closing some of their sites to save money and rationalise the business. Retail: Last year saw a big jump in the number of shops closing 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z He said he had tasked a group of executives with designing "a new structure that puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalises costs". Disney: Bob Iger begins major shake-up after returning to firm 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He said he was still trying to rationalise the encounter and may have reacted differently if he was not with a friend. North Somerset 'gimp' sightings: Teen describes 'freaky' encounter 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Rather than rationalising decisions through a business model lens, it's about "feeling the story on a very human level", she says. Donna Langley, the British film executive who wants to send Tom Cruise to space 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z In the camps around Calais, almost everyone is aware of the risk, and almost everyone finds a way to rationalise it away. Calais migrants: Smugglers cause fresh problems for police 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z "As the funding frenzy of the last few years dies down, many businesses are looking to rationalise and exit markets where they don’t have a leadership position." Analysis: Food delivery companies revamp for cost-of-living crunch 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The company, which has 2,500 workers in Russia, also said it was "scaling our business activities appropriate to the current situation, including rationalising our marketing activities." Cigarette maker BAT suspends capital investments in Russia, scales back some marketing 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z "I couldn't rationalise it, but I knew it just wasn't a good idea. And thank God I didn't." Sally J Morgan wins Portico Prize for novel inspired by a brush with killers 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z "With 'Find My Friends', if my husband wants validation, I have to okay that and give it to him. I cannot rationalise why a stranger can follow me and I don't have to give consent." Apple AirTags - "A perfect tool for stalking" 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Savage Good Boy looks at how bunker-dwelling billionaires rationalise their wealth; while standout track Posing In Bondage discusses what she calls "the bondage of monogamy - but in a good way". The 21 best albums and songs of 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The G20 reaffirmed a commitment to "phase out and rationalise" fossil fuel subsidies by 2025 and to curb coal power, considered a principal culprit of global warming. G20 leaders to commit to tackle 'existential' climate challenge - draft 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z She is trying to rationalise her son's death. Shakur Pinnock: Family's e-scooter helmet plea after rider killed 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The executive said stores could also rationalise their online product ranges, dropping low value items that require a disproportionate amount of warehouse labour. British warehouse worker shortage triggers up to 30% pay spike 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z "It tried to rationalise and glorify terrorism," Li said, adding that it "encouraged people to attempt suicide" and it did not align with "our moral standards." Hong Kong police arrest four students for 'advocating terrorism' 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z When confronted with incidents of violence or anything portraying him in a "negative light", Khan responded by "rationalising it, minimising it or denying it", she said. Fishmongers' Hall: Terror attacker seen as 'greater risk' before prison release 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He said Tunisia would rationalise rather than cut subsidies and said it was considering sales of minority stock it holds in some businesses to raise funds for investment in the most important publicly owned companies. Tunisia to seek $4 bln IMF loan, PM says 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z We used it as a cudgel against our opponents who became our enemies as a badge of honour to rationalise and justify our bad behaviours.” Inequality, racism and polarisation set stage for Trump's 'American carnage' 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z According to a memo seen by the BBC last week, restrictions would be rationalised into three tiers, depending on the level of infection in a particular area. MPs to vote on new virus restrictions framework 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z He tried to rationalise this to Woodward on 19 March: “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.” The right man for the job: how Bob Woodward pinned Trump to the page 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z It is to be enjoyed, not rationalised away. Too much perspective? Bring on the trivial luxury of the Premier League | Marina Hyde 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The flimsy “role model” defence is often applied in cases like this, an attempt to rationalise the very British impulse to tear down the famous. The Kyle Walker case: why not all coronavirus offenders are made equal | Jonathan Liew 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z When I listen to it, I can rationalise happy emotions, but I don’t like music. Ai Weiwei: ‘An artist must be an activist’ 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z There’s no point trying to rationalise any of this. Manchester City v Manchester United: Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg – live! 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z It is a recurring theme in Bravo’s chastening City career, dating back to his dreadful debut year when Pep Guardiola used to complain his side kept conceding to the first shot without rationalising why. FA Cup third round: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Their brains are exercising another of its perilous adaptations: the tendency to find ways of rationalising what it suits us to believe. How I changed my mind about the biology of race | Philip Ball 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z She rationalises it by saying, "I'm Punjabi. Their culture. Their person." 'I tried to become the first female British Asian Tory MP' 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z I am the daughter of a mother who rationalised herself out of her own job in 1992 whether out of negligence or honesty or both, I’m not sure. German novelists on the fall of the Berlin wall: ‘It was a source of energy we lived off for years’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z But by the end of the 19th century, they began to play a central role in the lost cause, a narrative white southerners developed as a way to rationalise and romanticise defeat. Black Confederates: exploding America's most persistent myth 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z In the last century, the empires melted away but the trade remained lopsided – with the imbalance now rationalised by the market, which deemed it “efficient” to pay farmers as little as possible. Is fair trade finished? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z You can’t rationalise it; it’s mysterious and fascinating, rather than being the direct result of a set of political events. Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’ 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z England have rationalised it as a hangover from the Sri Lanka fiasco, which is a clever move, if they genuinely believe it. Australia v England: Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final – live! 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Professor Cary Cooper of the Alliance Manchester Business School says in the main, milk going missing is down to people rationalising it as being communal. Sandwichgate: How to stop the office thieves 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Morton said: “Rather than pathologising abused women to rationalise their behaviour, our judicial system urgently needs to understand and address the impact of prolonged abuse itself.” Justice system smeared our mother, say Sally Challen’s sons 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z When her boyfriends beat her, she rationalised it as an act of love, too. 'The day I went to prison, I got my life back' 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z He also said MUI would be restructuring some arms of its business and rationalising assets. Laura Ashley to close 40 stores in UK 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The emotional heartache for the loss of our potential children was there no matter how hard we tried to rationalise it away. 'I missed a period and hoped I was pregnant' 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z "The two world wars set the tone for how we understand and rationalise wars in this country," says Mr Kempshall. The battle for Armistice Day 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z This is a stereotype that my feminist self dismisses with contempt – but emotions that my infertile self can’t seem to rationalise away. I’m a feminist. So why does infertility make me feel like a failure? | Katy Lindemann 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Plus, it’s just like wearing a weighted vest if you’re fragile enough about your masculinity to have to rationalise this sort of thing that desperately. Yes, Piers Morgan, James Bond would totally wear a baby sling | Stuart Heritage 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z It is hard for her to resist rationalising away his worst behaviour. The daughter Steve Jobs denied: ‘Clearly I was not compelling enough for my father' 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z "Over the years I've become a lot better at rationalising things like that, whether it's a snarky review, article, tweet - I process it in my brain, but 20 minutes later I'm fine," Greg says. How Taylor's fans prepared Greg for hosting breakfast 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The block model treats our everyday concept of time as an illusion, a way that humans rationalise reality. How to build a real time machine 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Do you want to try to explain them and rationalise it? To have loved and lost 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Once-acceptable prejudices that rationalised overt discrimination and persecution have been driven from the mainstream. ‘Tommy Robinson’ is no martyr to freedom of speech | Owen Jones 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “They were a source of hostility to Kossola and his community. We can explain or rationalise it, but it doesn’t justify it.” Why the extraordinary story of the last slave in America has finally come to light 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z The president has never sought to rationalise these two different approaches. Trump approach to Iran and North Korea is a gamble for glory 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Some disavow Rodgers but others admire him, seeking to rationalise and even celebrate his actions. How rampage killer became misogynist hero 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Plus, it wasn’t really for you, it was for the baby – a phrase that rationalises all kinds of purchases. Perfect prams for perfect parents: the rise of the bougie buggy 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Disparity in strength between men and women remains a material difference that can’t be rationalised away. I took Mace to an interview this week. After #MeToo it felt justified | Emma Brockes 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Giancarlo and Clayton will say a patchwork of rules for cryptocurrency exchanges may need to be reviewed in favour of a rationalised federal framework, according to prepared testimony published on Monday. U.S. regulators to back more oversight of virtual currencies 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But she received a wave of criticism for attempting to rationalise what her critics saw as blatant lies. 10 things we rarely said before Trump 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z On his Marine One helicopter, he tries to rationalise membership of the Ku Klux Klan. Fire and Fury? Maybe Donald Trump is only just getting started | Matthew d’Ancona 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z How do fund managers rationalise this apparent discrepancy? The markets believe in Goldilocks 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “Symbolic events that are so politically salient that you have to adjust your opinion. I think with Brexit things will have to go badly wrong. Something that you can’t rationalise away.” ‘I thought I’d put in a protest vote’: the people who regret voting leave 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Giancarlo and Clayton will say a patchwork of rules for cryptocurrency exchanges may need to be reviewed in favour of a rationalised federal framework, according to prepared testimony published on Monday. U.S. regulators to back more oversight of virtual currencies 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z To alleviate this discomfort and achieve consistency we must either change our values, change our behaviour, or we seek out external factors that help to rationalise our conduct. I had dinner with Steven Seagal, and I'm not surprised by the latest accusations | Cassie Lane 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z I can rationalise my compulsive counting as an extra little game I play within the context of my passion. Is it too late to save the world? Jonathan Franzen on one year of Trump's America 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z But passing the prison sentence, the magistrate said Mr Avery Ng was "only making up excuses to rationalise his behaviour". HK activist sentenced for sandwich attack 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Whether Maitreya has constructed this meta-narrative to keep himself sane, or to rationalise his decline and fall without implicating himself artistically, isn’t clear. Why Terence Trent D'Arby became Sananda Maitreya: 'It was that or death' 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Such things often happen by chance, making them easy to conceal and allowing players to rationalise their actions as victimless crimes, rather than frauds against fans, punters and their unsuspecting team-mates. Match-fixing is more common than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Sieferle goes on to describe Auschwitz as “the last myth in a thoroughly rationalised world”. Der Spiegel removes 'antisemitic' book from bestseller list 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Investors rationalise its valuation by assuming that in the long run it will be highly profitable, with a dominant share of a large market. An action plan for Uber’s next chief executive 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Parties of the right should aim to rationalise and improve, not slash, welfare. A grim diagnosis for Western politics 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z "What China is trying to do is rationalise a very large, fast growing system," explains Jeffrey Ball at Stanford University's Center for Energy Policy and Finance. Future Energy: China leads world in solar power production - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z And let’s be mindful that whatever twisted motive was used to rationalise slaughtering laughing teenagers and children, Manchester will always overcome. Manchester is suffering now – but its spirit will overcome this atrocity | Owen Jones 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z He added: “Obama went too far in rationalising energy policy: regulations with high costs and diminishing returns.” Trump begins tearing up Obama's years of progress on tackling climate change 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z This kind of irritable response, while wearing for carers, is a natural strategy for rationalising the confusion. Forgetting but not gone: dementia and the arts 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Lawyers had continuing obligations to their clients, especially those whose lives were at stake, and even if they were “motivated to protect their own self-interests”, they must not “rationalise their own misbehaviour”. Death row: the lawyer who keeps losing 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z When you claim he is exaggerating, you reflect nothing but your own desire to rationalise. The dangerous fantasy behind Trump’s normalisation 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Eminent columnists speak calmly of the need for “harsh love” toward civilian protesters to rationalise the state’s ruthless response. India’s crackdown in Kashmir: is this the world’s first mass blinding? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Instead, access will require financing the upfront costs of new connections, and rationalising tariffs to reflect the true costs of supplying power. Coal doesn’t help the poor; it makes them poorer | Dana Nuccitelli 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z He says: “What are the consequences of the choices you make that you rationalise to yourself, but can little imagine potentially huge consequences?” Donald Trump's ghostwriter on being the 'Dr Frankenstein' who made a monster 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Probably, but he’ll rationalise it away as too hard, a path for jerks. The Electric, Infuriating Nick Kyrgios 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z "When you wake up every day and you don't see your leg, I think you've got to rationalise it at some point," she said. Alton Towers crash victim Vicky Balch 'not angry' - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The tiny number of people with a very high level of political information tend to use it not to challenge their own opinions but to rationalise them. Lies, fearmongering and fables: that’s our democracy | George Monbiot 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Despite official promises to rationalise the industry, mainland mills produced over 100m tonnes in June; exports shot up by nearly a quarter. Welding bells 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Blair goes on to record Clinton’s efforts to rationalise her husband’s behaviour – because of the pressure he was under as president, his early upbringing, and to dismiss its importance. How role-playing shaped the Clintons' marriage 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Many prefer to rationalise what they are doing as dating of sorts. US teens often forced to trade sex work for food, study finds 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z And then there is the separatist leadership - Hurriyat Conference, the political umbrella of separatist groups - who provide intellectual legitimacy to rebels by articulating their positions and rationalising secession. Viewpoint: Why mass funerals spur violence in Kashmir - BBC News 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z I wanted to respond, to rationalise this onslaught that felt like such a violation. The threats and abuse outspoken Pakistani women receive - BBC News 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z It took control of the market for opium in the Indian state of Bengal, encouraging farmers to grow more, rationalising production and developing new cultivation techniques. The dark history behind India and the UK's favourite drink - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Herding is a concept that has been used to rationalise financial market bubbles and various other behaviour. Brexit May Not Equal Economic Doom 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Kaczynski identified with the anarchist professor in the novel, whose contempt for the weak and disdain for society allow him to rationalise terrible violence. The Unabomber and the Norwegian mass murderer - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It would also rationalise the rules, by letting any country charge the lowest rate on a given item that applies anywhere else in the EU. Freedom fighters 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z He rationalised his best friend’s death as the price of fighting for what they believed in. From Brighton to the battlefield: how four young Britons were drawn to jihad | Mark Townsend 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It began as an effort to rationalise London-wide planning, and it ended in a fierce face-off between two of the most popular and divisive figures in British politics: Margaret Thatcher and Ken Livingstone. The rise and fall of the GLC - BBC News 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z But it is not unreasonable to worry that the pressures to rationalise the fragmented online-ad industry might eventually push it too far in the other direction. Invisible ads, phantom readers 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z There is one more explanation for all the bigwigs and pundits rationalising Trump-support, while considering themselves good people who deplore racism. The big schmooze 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She always expected me to ask difficult questions about my father, but I'd rationalised the version of events I'd been given and just got on with life. Dr Phil Hammond: 'Depression led my father to kill himself' - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Perhaps a rationalised rail system will ultimately be seen as the best solution for congestion. Doing the locomotion 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z If they win today they will be able to rationalise that they are back in the title race. Chelsea v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z In particular, merged colleges are likely to rationalise the subjects they offer. College mergers could squeeze out students, warns NUS - BBC News 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Earlier in the year we took the decision to rationalise our presence on Facebook and to create a single page for BBC News on the platform. A year of innovation: BBC News and Social Media in 2015 - BBC News 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z His mortal enemies are those who wish to rationalise the world, who want to make militaries and states and intelligence agencies run like businesses. The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z They will "rationalise" that "there's nothing wrong with it" that it is only what other students are doing. Harvard students take pledge not to cheat - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z If they win today they will be able to rationalise that they are back in the title race. Chelsea v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z "It was tribal in all sorts of ways… it was very, very aggressive. It's hard to rationalise." The time when gigs were violent - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Today, the thing that is corroding capitalism, barely rationalised by mainstream economics, is information. The end of capitalism has begun 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Companies must rationalise their unwieldy structures and put their cash hoards to work, says Mr Niinami. Winds of change 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It would focus immediately on tasks such as rationalising its headcount and route systems. Malaysia Airlines to cut 6,000 jobs in bid for survival 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z He has the capacity to convey the character's slow-moving thought-processes so that you actually see his seamed, rugged features flickering with guilt as he rationalises his betrayal of Bob. American Buffalo: reviews round-up - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Analysts say the move will rationalise Best Buy's offer in Canada and get rid of duplication. Best Buy closes Canada's Future Shop 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z But the industry may begin to rationalise, and investment in upgrading the network resume, once the auctions are over. Under the hammer 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr Jaitley's budget seeks to improve the ease of doing business in the country by slashing bureaucratic red tape and rationalising complicated laws. India's new budget aims to please all 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z He aims to save €150m over five years, by rationalising supply chains and research and development activities among the various units. Growing by shrinking 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Time will tell, but it’s hard to see how this approach meets JK Shin’s efforts to rationalise the portfolio. Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Trademarked by Samsung As Benchmarks Leak 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z One idea might be to actually help the fight against doping today, instead of rationalising the dilemmas of yesterday. Lance: From fraud to forgiveness? 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Yet ultimately he was able to rationalise the worry away. The petrol head and his hit car website 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Strangers moved into the flat as part of the drive to "rationalise" living space. The beauty, the journalist, and the Titanic 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Cost savings have also been achieved by rationalising the number of control rooms and closing little-used police office public counters. How Scotland merged its police forces 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z "There is also less choice of savings accounts as many providers are rationalising, for instance by offering one cash Isa instead of three," she adds. Will mortgage and savings rates drop? 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z "In the context of the current fiscal situation, there is a need to continue to rationalise expenditure and optimise available resources," it added. India bans official luxury travel 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z However one rationalises the slide into irrationality, what is happening in Australia is not unique. An apology from Australia to the rest of the world is now warranted 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z When that happens, we must rationalise our fears and not try to spread them amongst our colleagues and clients. Founders And Entrepreneurs Must Learn How Much Pressure Is Too Much Pressure 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z "But then I started to think... what if this cockroach just disappeared? We always rationalise these things away." South Africa's eminent hip-hop poet 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z "For the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust this development will create one centre that will rationalise and modernise the facilities in which acute inpatient mental health services are provided." Go-ahead for £32m mental health unit 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Bin Laden went to great lengths to rationalise al-Qaeda's attack on the US on 11 September 2001, calling it "defensive jihad", or retaliation against perceived US domination of Muslim societies. Why is Islamic State so violent? 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Immigration policy in Australia also proves once and for all that religion can be invoked by its adherents to rationalise almost anything. An apology from Australia to the rest of the world is now warranted 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Initially confusion predominates; but your mind then rationalises the situation. Nigel Farage deselected me after years of friendship – who could trust him now? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z This is because people try to rationalise their disadvantage by seeking legitimate reasons for their position. Scots voting no to independence would be an astonishing act of self-harm 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The second figure, by contrast, is much harder to rationalise. Are Britain's Small Businesses Running Scared? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z There are overlaps, too, in the way officials rationalise their hypocrisy. Because we’re worth it 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z If you are struggling to rationalise the two halves of that prediction then don't worry – so are some of the best-qualified economists on earth. The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z "Yes, you can automate. But what does a design look like that's fully automated and fully rationalised by a computer program? Probably not the most exciting piece of architecture you've ever seen." Robot doctors, online lawyers and automated architects: the future of the professions? 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z In the latest stage of reforming GCSEs and A-levels, there is a consultation over rationalising the range of exams on offer. Exam subject range set to be cut back 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Following years of expansion and franchising, the airline is rationalising its fleet through aircraft sales after a slowdown in Indonesia and delays in its entry into India. AirAsia CEO Fernandes says aims for 85 percent load factor in two years 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z However, the public servants tasked with turning our high streets around are being undermined by their colleagues in other bodies looking to rationalise their estate. Local closures 'hurting towns' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z To achieve that goal, Congress would rationalise spending on subsidies, which currently amounts to 2.2 percent of GDP, and charge a user fee for access to uninterrupted power supplies and better train services. India's Congress targets 'inclusive' growth in election pitch 2014-03-26T14:43:10Z Mr Wright then suggested the man was trying to rationalise his conduct in a way that was consistent with his account to "save his conscience". MP rape accuser 'regrets cowardice' 2014-03-21T15:00:10Z It would be difficult for a gunman to get into a New York school unseen, I rationalise. US children learn 'lockdown drill' 2014-02-09T00:49:31Z The airline's Philippine and Indonesian units are seen turning around from losses in the second half as they rationalise routes and cut costs, he added. AirAsia CEO Fernandes says aims for 85 percent load factor in two years 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s Sweden’s Social Democrats launched a plan to rationalise, but not sell, state assets. State-owned assets: Setting out the store 2014-01-09T16:00:03Z If I'm stressed at work or home it's as if the negative thoughts swamp my mind and I can't rationalise them. The danger of rumination 2013-10-17T02:32:12Z "And I think what appears to be happening within the BBC... was that decisions were being made in order to rationalise and try and reduce costs," he said. offs 'bad behaviour' 2013-07-14T11:12:54Z Our cheeky chancellor rationalises the position by claiming that he has "created the space" for infrastructure spending. The sun is out, but our economy remains under a cloud 2013-07-14T08:00:02Z Its origins lay in the Gershon review into government efficiency, which argued that Labour had created a whole stack of regulators that needed rationalising. The Care Quality Commission was set up to fail. Don't let it happen again 2013-07-03T17:18:12Z And all on the basis of laws that they – or their security apparatuses – wrote in order to rationalise and legitimate their snooping. GCHQ: this is a pivotal moment: democracies are becoming national security states 2013-06-22T18:30:00Z Dr Adly explains that the procedure's origins in the region are ancient, but that now it is often rationalised as relating to religion, and to purity. Egypt girl's death puts spotlight on genital mutilation 2013-06-19T15:04:37Z Ever the academic, Sexton seeks to rationalise the process. From PhD to UFC - meet Britain's first female fighter 2013-06-12T06:54:20Z Obama's hoarding of executive power can only be understood in the context of his mission to restore American global power, rationalise its productive base, and expand the state's capacity to process dysfunctions. Obama's Verizon phone records collection carries on Bush's work 2013-06-06T12:41:44Z They rationalised that wearing those Australians down would not work so they took the bold option. England let New Zealand off hook 2013-05-16T17:53:52Z In that respect, the "African middle class" is a means to an end, a programmatic concept: rationalise to normalise, normalise to legitimise. In search of the African middle class 2013-05-03T13:06:54Z In March, the UK government announced it was selling off some of its vintage French wine for the first time as part of a rationalising push. French presidential wines to be sold 2013-05-01T11:49:09Z The company rationalised failure as the temporary influence of recession, and made a few tweaks to the format such as fitting doors to fridges and softening the utilitarian look of the shops. Tesco's era of rolling out its aisles is over, for now 2013-04-17T17:56:18Z They will automatically try and rationalise it by blaming the relative weakness of the competition. Bayern Munich are crowned champions but struggle to get into party mood 2013-04-08T09:32:45Z She later rationalised that as a youngster, "you make the big decisions with a much lighter heart", but more telling was the observation that she played sport for the challenge of "testing myself against myself". From Viv Richards to, um, Andy Murray 2013-03-01T11:49:51Z One is to rationalise its unwieldy supply chains by getting more medium-sized firms to work across national borders. Europe’s defence industry: A hard pounding, this 2013-02-28T16:08:32Z "It doesn't mean we are not going to see a lot of merger and acquisition activity as well, but there is going to be a focus on rationalising portfolios." DEALTALK-Drugmakers weigh carve-outs as Abbott, Pfizer set pace 2013-02-14T12:48:22Z The centre has identified 40 big successful programmes that governments have implemented over the past 20 years to improve their productivity and rationalise their budgets. Schumpeter: Fixing common affairs 2013-01-31T16:02:47Z Perhaps you can rationalise all these dissonances, put the UK and US in one English-speaking basket of woe and treat the press using other languages separately. The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh 2012-12-30T00:06:08Z It was probably inevitable that a business with so many tracks on its hands would want to rationalise – a horrible word for what is usually a nasty process. Hereford mourners pay last respects for track closed by commercialism 2012-12-16T19:15:06Z "Conservatives might be able to figure how they can go home and rationalise a vote that included a revenue increase and or a tax rate increase," King said. Republicans reject White House fiscal cliff proposals as incomplete 2012-11-29T23:32:10Z There are few sadder sights in sport than a boxer in the aftermath of defeat, physically and spiritually spent, trying to rationalise the reality that has just consumed him. Ricky Hatton can be ranked among the best of British boxers 2012-11-25T13:00:15Z Earlier this month IAG's Spanish airline Iberia announced plans to axe almost a quarter of its staff and rationalise its network under a restructuring plan. EasyJet profits rise on late summer surge 2012-11-20T08:42:40Z They struggle with it, qualify it, rationalise it, calibrate it and question it. The struggle for Obama's voters: 'I just wish he could have been better' 2012-10-10T15:06:00Z They focus on hitting "targets" and achieving "results", as an efficient way of rationalising violence and instrumentalising human casualties. Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer – review 2012-09-29T23:04:01Z We rationalised that if a user is currently browsing content in a series, they'd rather engage in the series' videos and not simply related videos. Our new video pages – an inside look at some of the design details 2012-09-26T16:26:54Z It said it would try to find alternative sources of products to try to reduce the disruption created by its Chinese supplier, which is rationalising its manufacturing. Toymaker Hornby in profit alert 2012-09-25T10:01:27Z The financial crisis made it necessary to deal with failing financial firms that are not banks, to rationalise supervisory structures and to regulate derivatives, all of which the Dodd-Frank Act does. Barack Obama’s economic record: End-of-term report 2012-08-30T15:01:38Z The study finds that the work programme is attempting to deliver multiple policy objectives: rationalising government procurement; delivering personalised services to long-term claimants to reduce the number of claimants; and making savings. The work programme needs local commissioning for innovation 2012-08-29T07:00:01Z First, we are now seeing market forces kicking in to rationalise resource projects. Is Australia's resources boom over? 2012-08-27T22:20:57Z More to the point, as George Washington's Treasury secretary he crafted the bargain that successfully rationalised the US states' debts. Financial crisis-themed reading as Europe takes a holiday 2012-08-10T14:47:17Z "With the passing of time, a lot of them will be able to rationalise it, because when you're standing on a podium, you're full of emotions," he says. London 2012: the glory and the guilt 2012-08-08T20:02:36Z As he tried to rationalise his achievement in winning another gold medal, he uncharacteristically admitted that he was "slightly nervous". London 2012: It's sweeter because you doubted me, says Usain Bolt 2012-08-05T23:46:42Z When Syed suffered a defeat he went through a similar process of rationalising things. Five ways to cope with a disappointing defeat 2012-06-25T12:46:02Z The draft agreement merely invited governments to “consider rationalising inefficient fossil fuel subsidies…in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities.” Rio+20: Many “mays” but few “musts” 2012-06-21T10:32:40Z The tale has been partly rationalised, that is all. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z Efforts to rationalise heavy industries and remove excess capacity should help prevent a repeat of the big external surpluses of yesteryear. China?s economy: Fears of a hard landing 2012-03-15T16:00:33Z We quote this speculation as a good instance of Spencer's continual endeavour to rationalise puzzling and exceptional facts by showing that there is a general principle underlying them. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z One technique is to identify those who seem unhappy about their jobs, since some may rationalise wrongdoing by telling themselves that their employer is an evil corporation that deserves to be ripped off. Corporate fraud: Mind your language 2012-02-16T15:59:48Z “We continue to rationalise the portfolio, both by prioritizing our capex by divesting some assets, and then by the rationalization actions if assets lose money,” Kloppers said. BHP Has M&A Capacity as Xstrata, Glencore Combine, CEO Says 2012-02-08T08:35:39Z If, by a subtle theology, you succeed in rationalising dogma, do you not see that you destroy it in its very essence? Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The State is not directed against egoism, but has sprung out of a rationalised collective egoism. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z And the man who headed the work on rationalising the supply chain and creating the conditions that allowed this aggressive pricing? Apple's iPhone Price Squeeze On The High Street 2011-10-07T09:47:27Z Indeed, how can we rationalise the behaviour of phosphorus in oxygen but by saying that the two elements like each other so well that they rush to combine whenever possible? Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z This divine, formerly Lutheran pastor at Amsterdam, was driven out owing to a contest with a rationalising colleague, and afterwards, through study of Calvin's writings, became an ardent Calvinist. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The other petitions are also curiously ineffectual: "from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism," is so manifestly accepted at the Throne of Grace in these rationalising days. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z They feel they can rationalise it by targeting big corporations. Looting 'fuelled by social exclusion' 2011-08-08T18:58:46Z We can all do something towards rationalising the habitual modes of expenditure, and adapting the machinery to such ends as are worthy of intelligent and cultivated beings. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z As will be easily seen, rationalisation is of everyday occurrence with all of us, and the man who rationalises always believes he is reasoning. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Once teach men that truth does not lie in a single instance, but in a calculation in a balance of probabilities, and you rationalise them. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z "This divestiture allows us to rationalise our portfolio and improve focus on our core businesses." RPT-UPDATE 2-Sanofi sells skin unit, MS drug results underwhelm 2011-07-11T13:24:40Z Free education and healthcare would still be guaranteed, but mass subsidies of basic goods would be removed and social spending would be "rationalised". Castro proposes Cuba term limits 2011-04-16T22:39:05Z Can the flawed public policy that prevails in most of the world be rationalised? How we engineered the food crisis 2011-03-20T14:30:01Z Whoever are England's opponents they will rationalise that they have a good draw. Tenacious England live to fight another day at the Cricket World Cup 2011-03-19T16:45:21Z But this looks like an attempt at rationalising the situation, possibly in response to European inquiries. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z He rationalises the act of burial like this: "When she died, the only thing I wanted, was to bring her back home." A father's crime 2011-02-10T17:41:29Z We may attempt to rationalise it by saying that what is common to all men is not more important but infinitely more important than the accidents by which men differ. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z As part of the public sector spending squeeze, a budget review group is currently examining the role of all arms length bodies with an view to rationalising quangos before May. NI economic think tank to close 2011-02-09T06:18:29Z At any rate, it was grafted straight upon the Dionysus-worship, and, without rationalising, spiritualised and reformed it. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z And there is a difference in the way men and women rationalise their shopping behaviour. The strange psychology of panic buying 2011-02-02T08:19:11Z Ferguson must have been trying to boost his player's confidence or rationalise his own decision to award him a pay rise. Rio Ferdinand believes all is well in Wayne Rooney's world again 2011-01-03T07:01:05Z "We are making a policy to rationalise our costs, using common sense and prudence," said Rosell. Bar?a cool on F?bregas move 2010-07-16T18:47:00Z Spending across Whitehall on travel, equipment and consultancy services is likely to be slashed, IT projects put on hold, procurement contracts re-negotiated and government buildings rationalised. Ministers to unveil cuts details 2010-05-24T03:25:00Z Election campaigns were fought by opposition parties on a promise to introduce public morality, rationalise public finances or re-found the state. Greece can fight back against neoliberals 2010-04-27T09:30:00Z Scarcity of supply or population shifts are often used to rationalise high house prices, but such fundamentals should push up rents, too. 2009-12-30T10:39:00Z They come from “Spain”—the usual term employed by the later rationalising historians for the Land of the Dead. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The reader will perhaps wonder that in all my notes I have not rationalised a single hobgoblin. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Is the recognition of an all-seeing insight, as something real, not in itself calming, sustaining, rationalising? The Sources Of Religious Insight In the Chansons de Gestes, in the Arthurian romances, and even in the earlier Romans d'Aventures, the supernatural, though recognised as became a devout age and country, is yet to a certain extent rationalised. A Short History of French Literature Reality, that is to say, is in the making; the spirit of man is self-realising; being is in process of becoming rationalised and moralised; religion in process of disappearing. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion Nature is not so thoroughly rationalised and calculable as such a point of view would have us believe. Naturalism And Religion To proclaim the Pope infallible was their compendious security against hostile States and Churches, against human liberty and authority, against disintegrating tolerance and rationalising science, against error and sin. The History of Freedom No, sage Viscountess Harberton, sweet Mrs. Stopes, You had better not nourish ridiculous hopes About "rationalising" our frocks and our shoes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 The old scholars rationalised Odin into a chief who had led a migration from Asia to Norway in early times. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems We may say, then, that being is becoming rationalised and moralised as and because the spirit in man realises itself. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion The more popular method, therefore, at the present day is not to rationalise, but to try to outsceptic the sceptic. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies He may be led to a process of 'rationalising' or 'spiritualising' which is dangerous to intellectual honesty. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. What the genuine believer has in view is not the worthless abstraction of a rationalised metaphysic, but the personal being of historic theology. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The first reflects its plenitude upon things,—it transfigures, it embellishes, it rationalises the world,—the latter impoverishes, bleaches, mars the value of things; it suppresses the world. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. Malherbe fell far short of being a great poet, but in the history of seventeenth-century classicism, in the effort of the age to rationalise the forms of art, his name is of capital importance. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. To attempt to rationalise with such an one was merely to excite the insane part of him. Witch-Doctors The rationalising spirit of Sir Saiyad Ahmad, the founder of the Aligarh College, and the general educational conference for Indian Muhammadans has, through the excellent training given by the College, borne continually increasing fruit. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) On the other hand, we find another class of images which approximate more to the attainments of Dædalus as described by rationalising writers of later date. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece She shows us a ghost who is for a moment a very terrible spectre indeed, and then, very much to our annoyance, rationalises him into a flesh-and-blood lover. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Others have taken refuge in a kind of highly rationalised Judaism little different from pure Theism. Historical and Political Essays So easy and yet so dangerous is it to rationalise a legend. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Explanation and classification both tend to rationalise the memory, and to organise the mind in correspondence with Nature. Logic Deductive and Inductive He is never tired of attacking rationality, and for him anything which is rationalised is destroyed in the process. Among Famous Books From what has been said already, it will be readily perceived that the novels, or rather their subjects, are not very easy to class in any rationalised order. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) Such are those in which there is a manifest rationalising upon the names of historical sites, and a fanciful discovery of their heroes or founders. Anglo-Saxon Literature For the fact is, there were two sides to Locke's mind—a critical and rationalising side, and a reverent and devotional side. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Immediate experience is the intermittent chaos which human nature, in combination with external circumstances, is invoked to support and to rationalise. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays Let us first frankly narrate the legend, and then see how far it may fairly be rationalised. Science in Arcady And once people are on that road, they will rationalise their behaviour by thinking that this is the way that the world works, and become more willing to perform other acts of dishonesty. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy The attempt to rationalise the narrative of Scripture was no new one. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant It is equally natural that among our modern degenerates eugenics is an unspeakable horror, however much, as the psycho-analysts would put it, they rationalise that horror. Little Essays of Love and Virtue The modest English in these matters take shelter under the wing of science speculatively extended, or traditional religion prudently rationalised: the scope of the spirit, like its psychological distribution, is conceived realistically. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays Let him see how it embraces all that is true in the other bases suggested, is their summation, and rationalises their precepts. The Basis of Morality To rationalise even contemporary history as M. Loisy has rationalised the Gospels would be suicide for Catholicism. Outspoken Essays The execution of this task of the rationalising of the narratives by one Dr. Paulus, was the reductio ad absurdum of the claim. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Offerings for deceased parents, prescribed in detail in the Vedas, are similarly rationalised into kind treatment of parents in old age. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments It was the dignified task of Lord Lytton to rationalise and elevate the novel of terror, to evolve the "man of reason" from the "child of nature." The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance She was resolved to understand herself, to rationalise her overthrow. Mount Music In the cant of our own society, we may say it is the Roman who rationalises and the Greek who Romanises. The New Jerusalem Coming to detail, I may say, as one whose occupation is demographic, I regret the unavoidable briefness of the reference in "Civics" to a "rationalised census of the present condition of the people." p. Civics: as Applied Sociology The ancient and modern condemnation of eating beef was rationalised by the Āryas as follows: To kill a cow is as bad as to kill many men. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments I apprehend that one result of the tendency among the French clergy to study and gain instruction will be to rationalise us a little. Recollections of My Youth Later ages regarded the myths themselves with a good deal of scepticism, and were often disposed to rationalise them, or to find for them an allegorical interpretation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Peculiarly perplexing cases of competition between the rival claims of others sometimes occur in the domain of the resentful feelings, which, in their purified and rationalised form, constitute the sense of justice. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics We only too often see highly rationalised convictions in persons of weak purpose or low motives. On Compromise These represent the modern rationalising spirit in religion; reason is their standard, and "reason alone is a sufficient guide." New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The answer to the second question is interwoven with an attempt to rationalise the fatality that broods over Rosmersholm. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I What swells out the Irish chronicles to such portentous dimensions is the history of the gods and giants rationalised by mediaeval historians. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. No dreamer he, but wonderfully sane, despite his lofty conception of a moralised, rationalised, modern State. Without Prejudice The man who can rationalise his entire experience is in the way of learning the deepest lesson of life and of keeping the keenest interest in all its happenings. Essays on Work and Culture "A red nose is a painted nose," "A negro is a white man in disguise," are also absurd to the reason which rationalises; but they are gospel truths to pure imagination. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic The story that he was a human being transformed into a pine-tree is only one of those transparent attempts at rationalising old beliefs which meet us so frequently in mythology. The Golden Bough To these I have at times appended the dates, as given in the chronicles, to show how the early historians rationalised the pre-historic record. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. It is true, again, that their great deeds may be more or less explained, attributed to laws, rationalised: but is explaining always explaining away? Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time This truth he published in the Sacra Historia, where he rationalised the fables, averring that the gods had been men, and that the myths were exaggerated and distorted records of facts. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Mysticism, as has already been observed, had no place with them; demons and monsters were rejected from their humane and rationalised mythology, and no superstitious terrors forced them into elaboration of ritual. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology |
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