When we say a man is one with whom one cannot reason, we mean it literally — he is an irrational brute; when the enemies and adversaries say a man ‘cannot be reasoned with’, they mean he cannot be threatened into silence.
When we say a man is one with whom one cannot reason, we mean it literally — he is an irrational brute; when the enemies and adversaries say a man ‘cannot be reasoned with’, they mean he cannot be threatened into silence.