Reason

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...Finally, what is Reason? You have often asked me; and this is my
answer:--

  Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,
  [Sublimates] to a pure transparency,
  That intercepts no light and adds no stain--
  There Reason is, and then begins her reign!

  But alas!
  -----------'tu stesso, ti fai grosso
  Col falso immaginar, sì che non vedi
  Ciò che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.'

  (Dante, Paradiso, Canto 1, lines 88-90)

© Samuel Taylor Coleridge