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the reason is the guiding principle of the mind in the process of thinking. Freq. contrasted with will, imagination, passion, etc. Often personified.
this is one of The Oxford English Dictionary definitions for the word reason.
I don't get the last part. whats the meaning of personified? I searched a lot and it was written that personified meaning is "represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form". but doesn't make any sense. is reason not a aspect of being human?
As explained in Oxford Dictionaries (entry on "personification"), there are two sorts of personification. One is the embodiment of some idea or concept in human-like form, such as the idea of "lady luck". That's probably not what they were referring to.
The other is the attribution of some non-human thing, such as an abstract idea, with human attributes or capabilities. Thus, when we say "reason says X", we are personifying reason by saying it is capable of saying something. I think that is the sense of personified that the definition is invoking.
