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Definition of Train of thought
1. Noun. The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together. "He lost the thread of his argument"
Generic synonyms: Cerebration, Intellection, Mentation, Thinking, Thought, Thought Process
Definition of Train of thought
1. Noun. The flow of thinking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Train Of Thought
Literary usage of Train of thought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life by George Gordon Byron Byron (1830)
"I think they will wind up the panegyric, and agree with the train of thought
preceding them. " Now, one word as to the Committee—how could they resolve on a ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1867)
"Our train of thought may, it is true, be interrupted. ... But if a train of
thought ceases by gradually dying out, it freely follows its own law of ..."
3. Introduction to Philosophy by Friedrich Paulsen (1906)
"CHAPTER L THE PROBLEM OF THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE, OR THE RELATION OF KNOWLEDGE
TO REALITY. 1. The Idealistic Train of Thought. HERE too we start out from ..."
4. St. Paul's Conception of Christianity by Alexander Balmain Bruce (1894)
"Chapters vi. and vii. deal successively with three questions naturally arising
out of the previous train of thought. It is not necessary to suppose that ..."
5. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1807)
"... wants hut a within his own mind, and pursue any train of thought which does
not depend upon results too abstruse for his unassisted comprehension, ..."
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