Reason, on the other hand, is a mere principle or potential order, on which indeed we may cometo reflect but which exists in us ideally only, without variation or stress of any kind.

另一方面，理性知识一种原则或者是潜在的秩序，我们确实可以在此基础上存在于我们心中，没有种种变化，或任何压力。

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The reason is that the principle proves the existence (or impossibility) of a particular phenomenon.

原因是，这一原理证明了某一具体现象的存在(或不可能)。

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Jon Postel should be honored for his enormous contributions to the invention of the Internet, and there is really no reason to fault him for the infamous robustness principle.

Jon Postel理应为他对互联网的发明所做的巨大贡献而骄傲，实在是没有理由为他那非著名的健壮性原则而责怪他。

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the Hudson Institute scholar argues that the principle cause of continued violence in the Middle East - and the reason so many peace initiatives have failed - is Arab culture itself.

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Was the principle of too big to fail part of the reason for the financial crisis?

WSJ: Ex-CEO Greenberg: Don't blame me for AIG failure

The whole reason that we embrace the ethical principle of the right to choose is that it goes some way to ensuring that a woman's biology does not come to define her life in a way that would never happen to men.

CNN: Surrogate mother had the right to choose

One reason is the club's hallowed principle of non-interference in its members' affairs.

ECONOMIST: Gloom over Indonesia