Reason?

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yuheci

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Could you please kindly teach me what is the meaning of "reason" in the following Saying:

Vanity is the quicksand of reason (George Sand)

Many thanks.
 
Could you please [STRIKE]kindly[/STRIKE] tell me what is the meaning of "reason" in the following saying:

Vanity is the quicksand of reason​. (George Sand)

Many thanks.

See n3 here.
 
I am not a teacher.

I imagine she wrote it in French, and the definition Rover_KE has indicated would probably be n1 in a French dictionary.
 
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