Definition of "reasons" []

• Plural form of reason. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reason. (verb)

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• "We may say, "We must look for somee _other reasons for it than_ those suggested," or "for some _reasons for it other than_ those suggested.""
• "You cannot be content with knowing the causes of things; and if you knew all the natural science that ever was or ever will be known to men, that would not satisfy you; for it would only tell you the _causes_ of things, while your souls want to know the _reasons_ of things besides; and though I may not be able to tell you the reasons of things, or show you aught but a tiny glimpse here and there of that which I called the other day the glory of Lady Why, yet I believe that somehow, somewhen, somewhere, you will learn something of the reason of things."
• "Not only egoistic reasons but arguably deontological reasons and reasons arising out of special relations to one's nearest and dearest would stand refuted, as would what Nagel later referred to as ˜reasons of autonomy™ (see Nagel"