Full Idea
It seems that Aristotle does not associate reason primarily with ordinary, everyday thought and reasoning, as we do, but with a much more specific function of reason.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 980b) by Michael Frede - Aristotle's Rationalism p.163
Book Reference
'Rationality in Greek Thought', ed/tr. Frede,M /Striker,G [OUP 1999], p.163
A Reaction
Although Aristotle is naturalistic, he is also a bit of a dualist, and so is less keen than I am to connect human reason with sensible behaviour in animals.
Related Idea
Idea 23310 Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]