Reason by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... 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, s“ che non vedi Ci˜ che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.' (Dante, Paradiso, Canto 1, lines 88-90)