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# rationality

noun

«rationality» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah sees the human body as a small world, a microcosm, in which the neck divides thinking from life-force, like a map of the universe.

### Meaning

The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rationality/#m1)

### Examples

- Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rationality/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rationality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rationality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rationality» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rationality.html) on Mova free.