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The mind's loudest lawyer, hired after the heart already made the decision.
means The capacity to think, draw conclusions, and justify beliefs or actions logically — or the explanation given for something.
from From Latin 'ratio' (reckoning, calculation, account), which came from 'reri', to reckon or think. It traveled into Old French as 'reson' before settling into English. Its accounting roots still show: to give a reason is, quite literally, to render an account — and 'ratio,' 'rational,' and 'rate' are all part of the same calculating family.
hired helpOften builds the case for what emotion chose first
age of reasonAn entire era named itself after this
motivated cognitionStudies show we reason toward conclusions we want
divine grudgeRomantics blamed it for draining the world's magic
latin rootFrom ratio, meaning calculation and accounting