| 单词 | rationalist |
| 例句 | There is a puzzle here, because the standard alternative to voluntarism is rationalism, and a rationalist would hold that the laws of nature, like the laws of mathematics, exist because they are necessary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On most questions Descartes is a rationalist, but as far as the laws of nature are concerned he appears to want to have it both ways. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The existence of this romantic tendency constitutes at least a small part of the emotional makeup of most mathematicians, and is perhaps surprising to those who think of mathematicians as cold rationalists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The artist Yutaka Matsuzawa, in the forests of Nagano Prefecture, aimed to create a conceptual art that broke from rationalist thought. Three Radical 1960s Visions, Far From the Tumult of Tokyo 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Could there be some relationship between the rationalist philosopher Rushd and the modern-day novelist Rushdie? Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z In religious matters he was a rationalist, in politics a radical who rejoiced in the American revolution. The Potter's Hand by AN Wilson – review 2012-09-28T21:55:01Z But Storr doesn't want to do away with his heretics – their beliefs "glitter and pulse and enchant" while the cold rationalists look on glumly, touting "glitter-extinguishers". The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science by Will Storr – review 2013-02-13T07:00:02Z Through even the craziest passages of “The Making of Zombie Wars,” Hemon stitches in allusions to Spinoza’s rationalist philosophy. ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z With all due respect to the Enlightenment, rationalist worry about who Cain’s wife could have been is naïve. The Truth and Fiction of Adam and Eve 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z We also see her struggle with her past in the Guilty Remnant: is she really a rationalist or simply a nihilist? And, either way, how can she reconcile those views with the Sudden Departure? ‘The Leftovers’ Season 3, Episode 6: The End Is Near 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z These statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury. They really want a theocracy: The GOP candidates who want to make you bow to their lord 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The shape of the opening scenes and the role of Nicklausse, Hoffmann's rationalist sidekick, are vastly strengthened by the restoration of previously excised material. The Tales of Hoffmann ? review 2012-02-12T17:49:40Z She presses down on the ways “our fears are dear to us,” and on how, when it comes to our health, “we are all irrational rationalists.” ‘On Immunity: An Inoculation,’ by Eula Biss 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The skepticism of a rationalist Veterans Affairs doctor is contextualized with a poll, “commissioned by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City,” indicating that “roughly three quarters of doctors believe in miracles.” A Paralyzed Army Vet Walks Again. Is He Healed — or Is It a Hoax? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Boylan's book may be fanciful, but the belief that the airwaves crackled with the dead was widespread, even among rationalists. Technology and the novel, from Blake to Ballard 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z In the run-up to this notion, he first mentions those rationalists who thought that humanity could be run on almost mathematical principles. The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas, by Isaiah Berlin – review 2013-07-23T11:27:37Z Many believers are also scientific rationalists and many scientists are also believers. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Faith and reason are fighting for supremacy the world over, and rationalists must make their case with ardor, shying away from no battle. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z In the past few years, scientific rationalists – who spend their lives debunking quackery – have turned their attentions to the ancient Chinese therapy and found it wanting. Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle 2013-07-26T09:31:00Z “Who are you?,” on the other hand, is an inquiry that plunges this obsessive rationalist — or rational obsessive, if you prefer — down a rabbit hole of indeterminacy. | 'Tabloid': Was It Love? The ?Manacled Mormon? and His Kinky Weekend 2011-07-14T22:11:29Z Well… The thing about the so-called “rationalist” movement in America is that disbelief in gods seems to be the only qualification to join the club. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z Herbert was a rationalist — at the time, he was a commodities trader. Bill T. Jones on His Most Prized Possessions: Crystals From a Friend 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z As usual, Grafton presents largely unfamiliar material — his last essay looks at precursors to Spinoza’s rationalist approach to biblical interpretation — in a clear, even breezy style. Review | My nightstand runneth over: A proud nerd recommends new intellectual and cultural histories 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z It is this tendency toward rationalist, dismissive paternalism, coupled with an apparent incomprehension of the plight of the working poor, that Macron seems unable to shake. Will Scandal Sink Emmanuel Macron? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z A rationalist with a cerebral/silly sense of humor, he crucifies what he considers the absurdities of religious belief. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Only when geography became truly rationalist, when maps were purified into utilitarian tools, did landscape art rule the gallery alone – and that transformation around 1700 was a loss to the imagination. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z Mahoney takes her title from the 17th-century “Letter on the Blind for the Benefit of Those Who See” by Denis Diderot, a rationalist who openly questioned both the church and how the blind were treated. ‘For the Benefit of Those Who See:’ the resilience of the blind 2014-01-29T23:32:56Z But his Substack is a place where a fractious world is rendered logical, where self-proclaimed moderates and rationalists find refuge from so-called purists and radicals. The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z He wanted great things for his daughter, including that she extend his scientific and rationalist legacy. Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z Anthony Calf's Victor is a precise study of a determined, clean-cut rationalist who finds himself hopelessly at sea in a violently irrational situation. Private Lives – review 2012-09-30T16:45:01Z This is the transformation of Eustace, the cowardly arrogant rationalist, into a brave true believer. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ? review 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z It is interesting that those who claim to defend the creation narrative from rationalist critiques ignore the fact that its deepest moral implications, a profound human bond and likeness, have been scientifically demonstrated. The Truth and Fiction of Adam and Eve 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Nick Fletcher is a perfectly decent Stockmann: pinning up wallcharts about bacteria, he's more scientific rationalist than blazing idealist, which makes the character's descent into ranting hysteria harder to fathom. Public Enemy – review 2013-05-14T11:40:16Z No, if the world insists on dividing us into two camps, those would be rationalists and arationalists. Letters: Letters on Black-Atheists Article 2011-12-03T00:12:22Z Ibrahim is a liberal in his context, a rationalist, but he's not squeamish about applying violence to the deserving. Kingdom of Strangers by Zoë Ferraris ‑ review 2012-07-27T21:45:08Z According to the author’s memoir, Salman’s father changed the family name to Rushdie “because he respected Ibn Rushd for being at the forefront of the rationalist argument against Islamic literalism in his time.” Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Like no survivor from a population that was once 150 million strong can be a skeptic, a rationalist? ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z His two identities are coloured by a third: Mahmud the commonsense secular rationalist, who senses that religio-tribal "identity" of this or any sort is comforting, but absurd. Film review: The Infidel 2010-04-08T21:15:00Z If you want a completely rationalist answer, ask an academic. Was Leonardo da Vinci a prophet? 2011-03-25T16:41:49Z Greenblatt respects his subject, and still he assumes that the rationalist reading offers up the true meaning of the story. The Truth and Fiction of Adam and Eve 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Mandvi takes on a larger role in the new season, as Ben’s confidence that demons don’t exist is shaken, and his and Kristen’s rationalist alliance against David shows cracks. Review: ‘Evil’ Is Good and It’s Back for a Second Satanic Season 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z McConaughey, who thanked God above his family in his 2014 Oscar acceptance speech, said he sympathised with his character’s gradual acceptance that rationalist thought cannot explain life’s more mysterious events. Matthew McConaughey on The Sea of Trees: 'Anyone has as much right to boo as they do to ovate' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The same contradictions that marked his father’s life went even deeper in Mr. Nashenas’s own: a secular man in a profoundly religious family; a rationalist in a society trapped in tribal ways. An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z This weirdly funny novel translates the bloody conflicts between rationalists and religious fanatics into the comic-book antics of warring jinn wielding bolts of fire, mystical transmutations and rhyming battle spells. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Formerly part of a rage-fuelled double act with rationalist crusader Robin Ince, he's just as great when flying solo and regaling audiences with bitter anecdotes rooted in the myriad frustrations of everyday existence. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-06T05:00:17Z Now this very man reappears, confessing to Nyman he is haunted by three insoluble ghostly cases which caused him to doubt his rationalist “faith”. Hidden horrors: our writers on the scariest movies you (probably) haven't seen 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z He thinks of himself as a man of the Enlightenment and a student of Voltaire, a rationalist and a freethinker who believes above all in the power of reason. Books of The Times: ‘Pure,’ a New Novel by Andrew Miller 2012-07-03T21:48:27Z It lacks the central killer punch of Alien; it doesn't have its satirical brilliance and its tough, rationalist attack on human agency and human guilt. Prometheus 2012-05-30T14:12:53Z Lincoln also managed to reconcile his “rationalist impulse” with more abstract thinking. Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Now in their fifth year, the Nine Lessons are back to provide atheists, rationalists and – just as importantly – lovers of great entertainment with the perfect festive fix. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-15T00:04:02Z But atheists have matched them bone for bone, especially the bones of their rationalist philosophers. Dust to dust 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Even better is “The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin,” which retells “Sleeping Beauty” from a rationalist perspective. ‘Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned’: a perfect book, perhaps, for the moment 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Talking on Chortle earlier this year, Maxwell describes the show as "rationalist" in impulse. Michael Richards revisits his racist rant … and the bonuses of being Brucie 2012-10-02T15:01:48Z I’m not counseling incivility — but arm yourself with the courage of your rationalist convictions and go forth. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z It lacks the central killer punch of Alien: it doesn't have its satirical brilliance and its tough, rationalist attack on human agency and guilt. Prometheus has landed … to mixed atmospheric readings 2012-06-01T13:59:40Z That theory struck me as arguable at best – especially with respect to Koolhaas, a rationalist if ever there was one. Interior dark: two shows reveal visions of the unhomely 2010-06-16T10:07:00Z By fusing rationalist design principles with modern materials and construction techniques, they built decent, affordable housing for 10 percent of the city’s population within five years. Modernist Triumph in the Kitchen 2010-09-26T18:44:00Z He loves to think of himself as a rationalist, but holds a lot of irrational beliefs. 5 times Bill Maher has sabotaged his cause 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A rationalist longing for a sign from God, he looks as tough as old boots with his boxer's gait, but is fragile. Why I'd like to be … Jason Miller in The Exorcist 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The murals were one of many site-specific art projects commissioned under Mussolini to adorn public buildings, like the Palermo post office, a prime example of rationalist architecture. Guggenheim Is to Show Rare Murals by a Futurist 2014-01-20T22:43:30Z Legions of self-satisfied rationalists and armchair logicians who pride themselves on their superior intellect were effectively fleeced. I fucking hate science 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z On the night I attended, the artists were lucky enough to find a couple who met at a rationalist association and began a polyamorous relationship. Instead of Killer Punchlines, Killer Choruses 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z This is neither the literalist translation propagated by the Saudis nor the rationalist one composed by Jewish convert Muhammad Asad, nor the stilted interpretation popularized by the Victorians. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z For several Christmases running, Robin Ince has staged a festive rationalist comedy event for atheists and lovers of science. The best comedy for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:04Z When Sarah films herself sleeping, the movie borrows a device from “Paranormal Activity” and “Oculus,” which both approached supernatural themes from a vaguely rationalist perspective. ‘Come Back to Me,’ a Gory Horror Tale 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In sum, these are times that try rationalists’ souls. They’re all just this deluded and deranged: Anti-intellectual religious wing-nuts run the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z “It’s about clarity of thinking. The rationalist way of life is about equality and equity.” Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z There's a certain style of being a rationalist which is a good direction to go in. Con science: Experts on why we fall for hoaxes and how to outsmart scammers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Called rationalists or effective altruists, this community became enormously influential in academia, government think tanks and the tech industry. How Could A.I. Destroy Humanity? 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Called rationalists or effective altruists, members of this movement were instrumental in the creation of OpenAI. The ChatGPT King Isn’t Worried, but He Knows You Might Be 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But other critics are part of a vast and influential online community called rationalists or effective altruists, who believe that A.I could eventually destroy humanity. What’s the Future for A.I.? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z They include atheists, agnostics, the culturally religious but not observant, rationalists and the spiritual but not religious. Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr Shastri burst into the national limelight in January, after a well-known rationalist questioned his claims that he had healing powers and could read people's minds. Bageshwar Dham Sarkar: The Indian guru making headlines over 'miracle' cures 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The fact is that human behavior is often driven by forces much deeper than economic and political self-interest, at least as Western rationalists typically understand these things. Opinion | Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He also helped spawn the vast online community of rationalists and effective altruists who are convinced that A.I. is an existential risk. The ChatGPT King Isn’t Worried, but He Knows You Might Be 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Scott’s Baxter is meant to be the rationalist in a sea of frothing fanatics, but he comes off as a cipher. Review: Bryan Cranston tests the bounds of free speech in 'Power of Sail' at the Geffen Playhouse 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z And though I felt a bit deflated by his rationalist preamble — like Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” I wanted hocus-pocus, not realism — I was bewitched by the processing power of his mind. 'The Enigmatist' creates a magical sense of togetherness at the Geffen Playhouse 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “But the irony was that as he was making his case, modernity was ending and postmodernity starting, and his rationalist perspective became passé. There was new openness to the supernatural.” John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop, dies at age 90 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But I am going to take them outside anyway against my rationalist bias and see what our spontaneous fluctuations are capable of this quarter. Why is walking so good for the brain? Blame on the "spontaneous fluctuations" 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z But the character who got me through the pandemic was Hercule Poirot, that mustachioed and gloriously petty rationalist, finding clues in every hint of disorder. The Mystery of My Obsession With Agatha Christie 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z He carried spiritualist, even monastic tendencies into his adulthood, and like his 17th-century compatriot, the rationalist philosopher Baruch Spinoza, he discerned a link between geometry and ethics. Perspective | There’s rhythm in this Piet Mondrian masterpiece. Is there also code? The great Canadian virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin is more that rationalist, but by unraveling all the notes with such sheer intensity, he gets inside the sonata in ways no one else before him has. Why Scriabin’s satanic Ninth Sonata, 'Black Mass,' is a scary wonder of music 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z To the dismay of rationalist science fiction fans the world over, hordes of readers began writing letters to the magazine insisting that Shaver was correct — they, too, had encountered the subterranean Deros! The deep, twisted roots of QAnon: From 1940s sci-fi to 19th-century anti-Masonic agitprop 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z A preview of the tech industry’s animosity toward the Times occurred on Twitter the week before the Lorenz kerfuffle erupted, when Scott Alexander — a pseudonym — deleted his blog, SlateStarCodex, which centered on rationalist thought. How Clubhouse brought the culture war to Silicon Valley’s venture capital community 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z His deathless creation, Sherlock Holmes, is perhaps the most compelling rationalist ever born. Opinion | Why people believe in a ‘plandemic’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The rationalist in me knows that our current crisis, despite the apocalyptic overtones, doesn’t herald the violent end described in Revelation. Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z America and the world will face many challenges in the years and decades ahead—most of them desperately requiring a rationalist scientific approach and evidence-based policies. A Physicist for President? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Every supernatural event has a practical explanation—but, then, every practical explanation has a sinister shadow as well, the suggestion that something very bad is going on, something that rationalists can’t quite escape. “Evil,” “9-1-1,” and the Appeal of the Network Procedural 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In his memoir, published in 1940, three years before his death, he declared himself to be an out-and-out rationalist, dismayed by the tenacity of religious superstition. A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z These feelings are the roots of a greater part of politics than rationalists dare admit. Opinion | Trump’s Politics Aren’t Pretty. That’s How His Voters Like It. 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The omnipresence of this kind of rationalist dehumanization made me feel gloomy about my own lot. How being human got reduced to management 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The first are rationalists: scientific researchers at the coalface of gerontology, the study of ageing, chipping away at the many technical difficulties of ending entropy. How to live forever: meet the extreme life-extensionists 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Dayan’s story refuses to obey the logic of linear time, questions the finality of death, upends rationalist notions of cause and effect, and reproduces over and over the chaotic, un-rule-governed quality of actual human experience. Colin Dayan's 'In the Belly of Her Ghost' exorcises memories of mother after she's gone 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z It rooted our political institutions in a rationalist, objective framework where reasoned argument and debate would be the core nucleus of political change. Democracy has a problem with science 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z The four men – or should we, in the era of identity politics, say the four white, heterosexual men – have become heroes, less to an atheist movement than to an outspokenly rationalist one. Sam Harris, the new atheist with a spiritual side 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Now only a naive rationalist would claim that politics is purely cerebral. Opinion | The media’s bias should be toward democracy 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z “Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists,” Sol LeWitt famously wrote. Review: The artwork of Adrian Piper makes a stern proclamation: 'Everything will be taken away' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z An atheist and self-declared rationalist, Mr Karunanidhi rose to political prominence in the 1940s as part of the Dravidian movement - which challenged the caste supremacy of Brahmins - and through his participation in anti-Hindi language agitations. India politician M Karunanidhi dies at 94 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z He is clear, to the point, frank and transparent about his perspective — “rationalist, realist, reductionist, and devoutly secular”. Ideal witness: a physicist takes on the world 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Both Ms. Lankesh and Mr. Kalburgi were known as “rationalists,” a term used in India to describe those who oppose the use of religion in politics. Same Gun Was Used to Kill Two Critics of Hindu Nationalists in India 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z We have a rationalist constitution, but we have a shared national faith and are an emotional community, rooted in our land, inspired by our history, warmed by the hope of our common future. A welcome burst of thoughtful debate on the right 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Usher’s conclusion echoed Mr. Barr’s: “The U.K. system is exquisitely designed according to rationalist principles, but it commands almost no public respect.” An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best? 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Plato, as well as so-called rationalist philosophers such as René Descartes, believed in a top-down approach to learning—and it played a big role in early AI. An AI That Knows the World Like Children Do 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z He calls himself an Enlightenment man, but he’s really a scientific rationalist. Radical honesty and courage would restore community 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z But if this rationalist assumption seems natural these days, it is not necessarily permanent. Opinion | Flying Saucers and Other Fairy Tales 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z He was a prolific science writer and presenter, a rationalist and space flight advocate. Arthur C Clarke at 100: still the king of science fiction 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The opposition Labor Party accused “rightwing economic rationalists” within the government of “goading General Motors to leave Australia” but refusing to guarantee future subsidies. Australian car-making ends with last GM plant closing 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z A rational and rationalist idea that has broad applicability well beyond national governance. Opinion | Education in the Age of Outrage 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The mentality that murdered Gandhi now relentlessly pursues this agenda, punishing writers, rationalists, dalits, churches and all forms of dissent. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z “Yes, he’s a rationalist, an atheist and an advocate of the science of evolution — great, so am I,” Mr. Norr wrote. Richard Dawkins Event Canceled Over Past Comments About Islam 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Surely a traditional belief in god is not fundamental to being an American, not what the deists, rationalists, and amateur scientists who founded this country favored. Opinion | Only Mass Deportation Can Save America 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A dedicated rationalist, Bones believed that when solving crime, the “how” would expose the “who.” Saying farewell to the surprisingly radical politics of 'Bones' 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z I recall how I, as an agnostic, took a more rationalist view than he of suicide—as an act for freedom. Memories of Literary Paris 1972-03-03T05:00:00Z For most of us, the inner rationalist is strong enough to counteract that wish. Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Dostoevsky’s protagonist obsessively assaults the shared rationalist assumptions of both capitalists and socialists: that human beings are logically calculating animals, driven by perceived incentives: Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It contains fun activities premised on critical thinking, reasoning skills and the scientific, rationalist view of the world. Q&A: Satanic Temple founder on group’s religious battles 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z For instance, in treating the philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it is conventional to cast it as a struggle between “rationalists” and “empiricists.” Are We Really So Modern? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z During the night of Durant’s announcement, in fact, it felt as if the counterreaction beat the reaction, as hundreds of rationalists tweeted self-righteously against an opinion that hadn’t even yet been aired. How Do You Tell a Better Story in Sports? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But Descartes and the rationalists insisted that some knowledge was innate, prefigured into the mind of every newborn child. Science of Consciousness Conference Is Carnival of the Mind 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Dostoevsky defined a style of thought that was later elaborated by Nietzsche, Freud, Max Weber and others – who mounted a full-blown intellectual revolt against the oppressive certainties of rationalist ideologies, whether left, right or centre. Welcome to the age of anger | Pankaj Mishra 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z An atheist and a self-declared rationalist, he rose to political prominence in the 1940s by being a part of the Dravidian movement, which challenged the caste-supremacy of Brahmins, and participating in anti-Hindi agitations. M Karunanidhi: India's 91-year-old politician who is still fighting - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z And before you jump on the rationalist bandwagon and criticize emotion-driven, illogical behavior, ask yourself a simple question: What is money for? When Feelings of Comfort Trump Spreadsheet Math 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Despite the growing influence of the rationalists — the analysts and wonks who want to tear this all down — the mainstream sports industrial complex, especially in the loftier parts of the media, doesn’t share their vision. How Do You Tell a Better Story in Sports? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z When I asked why a group of rationalists would disproportionately share such views, people tended to cite the mind-expanding powers of rational thought. The Happiness Code 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Subsequently, however, one PEN writer, the marvelous novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein, wised up and publicly recanted, winning praise from Salman Rushdie and undying affection from the world’s beleaguered rationalist community. Religious delusions are destroying us: “Nothing more than man-made contrivances of domination and submission” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The President is a consummate rationalist, a believer in systems and order. It’s Time for Obama to Go Big on Pardons 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Yes, he is a rationalist, but reason is sorely needed in this day and age. Our rational president 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The Pope judged that the curing of an Indian woman suffering from an abdominal tumour was the result of the supernatural intervention of Mother Teresa with God - a claim challenged by Indian rationalists. Pope Francis recognises second Mother Teresa 'miracle' - BBC News 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He took after his father, Ajoy, an emeritus physics professor at Dhaka University and an ardent rationalist. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Brooks’ column of Nov. 17, “Finding Peace Within the Holy Texts,” offends rationalist sensitivities by its very title. David Brooks’ sanctimonious piffle: Sad trees die for gauzy, Hallmark-card nonsense 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z It follows a series of recent incidents, including the killings of scholars, writers and rationalists. India's Arundhati Roy returns national award over 'horrific murders' - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z When 800 pairs of eyes are watching you keenly for foul-ups, or if a tyrannical producer can shutter the show at a moment’s notice, even the most die-hard rationalist might find their faith wavering. Inside the world's most haunted theatre 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Abandoned and little used since then, the rationalist imitation of the ancient Colosseum amphitheatre now houses 500 Fendi employees and a free art exhibition on the ground floor. Fashion firm puts Rome's 'Square Colosseum' to work 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Kalburgi, a noted rationalist scholar who enraged far-right Hindu nationalists through his criticism of idol worship and superstition. India Writers Return Awards to Protest Government Silence on Violence 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z In his blinkered rationalist worldview, he’s probably referring exclusively to analytic philosophy, which indeed has lost much of its credibility due to its obsession with aping the technical rigor of mathematics. Bill Gates and Elon Musk are wrong: Artificial intelligence is not going to take over the world 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Winfrey and producers devised "Belief" as a sprawling spiritual globetrot that in a sense looks to do for religious feeling what “Cosmos” did for rationalist thinking. Oprah Winfrey looks to build bridges with 'Belief,' her new miniseries on faith 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z On the morning of 30 August, Malleshappa Kalburgi, a leading Indian scholar and well-known rationalist thinker, was talking on his mobile phone to a friend when the doorbell rang. How India's writers are fighting intolerance - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z I mean that, if we arrive at a world where everyone’s part of this rationalist project, is that a world where pluralism still exists? Salon’s Richard Dawkins peace summit: “I am against all religion … I think I’d call myself a lover of truth. I’m intolerant of bullsh*t” 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Mandakranta Sen, a Bengali poet, said she was sending her award back to protest “attacks on rationalists.” India Writers Return Awards to Protest Government Silence on Violence 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z In front of a camera, Abdul-Jabbar comes across as a learned rationalist. What the World Got Wrong About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z They ran a Bengali-language web forum called Mukto-Mona, or Free Minds, promoting rationalist thought, and had been threatened by Islamic fundamentalists. The brutal fight of Bangladesh’s secular voices to be heard 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z This perspective often emphasizes the religious piety of the Founders and their generation, disputing claims that a majority of the early leaders were religious rationalists or that the populace was generally non-churchgoing. God is not on our side: The religious right’s big lie about the founding of America 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z According to the Mukto-Mona site, Das won the publication’s annual rationalist award in 2006 for his “deep and courageous interest in spreading secular and humanist ideals and messages”. Third atheist blogger killed in Bangladesh knife attack 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z But for rationalists, at least, all this usually amounts to little more than something to be laughed at and quickly forgotten. The big Islamophobia lie: A shameful new assault on Charlie Hebdo 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Dubbing climate change one of the “precepts of science,” the author opines that climate change skepticism is “dispiriting” for anyone considered a “rationalist.” Settled Science Scam 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z And how would he rationalist the dreadful economy under Bush/Cheney – after they imposed tax cuts the country couldn’t afford? Rand Paul vs. the '90s 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z If you’re a rationalist, there’s something a little dispiriting about all this. Why science is so hard to believe 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But the onset of secularism - wrongly viewed, I think, as some sort of "gateway drug" for the rationalist trip called atheism - elided the ethical entirely with the political. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z True, Mr. Bloomberg was educated as an engineer and is the ultimate rationalist whereas Mr. Murdoch came up in the bare-knuckled world of tabloids and relies on his gut. Media Titans Bloomberg and Murdoch at Play in Politics and News 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Yet Russia often offends a rationalist mind bent on categorization. Putin’s Punitive Theater of the Absurd Reinforcing this problematic view, Brown presents Shiite Muslims, rationalist Mu’tazila theologians and antinomian Sufis chiefly as disruptive outsiders against whom Sunni jurists must struggle to preserve Islam’s integrity. Book review: ‘The Lives of Muhammad,’ by Kecia Ali and ‘Misquoting Muhammad,’ by Jonathan A.C. Brown. 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “That really surprised me, because he was the rationalist supreme,” Randi recalled. The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z They traded the kind of rationalist locker room banter familiar to anyone who has spent much time browsing geek message boards, the dankest murmurations of the male id dressed up as pure logic. Everything to do, see, and read this weekend 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Last year, a prominent Indian rationalist who long advocated a law against black magic was gunned down while on his morning walk in the western city of Pune. An Indian courthouse investigates reports of unusual suspects: Ghosts While he deservedly had a reputation as a no-nonsense rationalist, he also knew what was unknowable. The man who magically made maths fun 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z But in his book he called Kennedy “a rationalist and an intellectual” and questioned whether he had the character strength to exert what he called “moral leadership.” James M. Burns, a Scholar of Presidents and Leadership, Dies at 95 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z It’s the Harry Potter saga retold so that Harry is not just an amazingly gifted wizard, but also a scientist and a rationalist. Listen to this: Ben Wikler and Aaron Swartz’s The Good Fight 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Campaigning rationalists would do well to think a little about the size of the psychological prop they are trying to wrest off people, when they try to wrest away their God. Richard Dawkins's lack of sympathy for those who cling to religion is a shame 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It's a nation often associated with profound spirituality, but rationalists see their country as a breeding ground for superstition. The miracle-buster living in exile 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps they simply preferred to seem cooler and less emotional— more the stereotypical rationalist. True Stories of Trauma and Madness—and Why Portrait Sitters Tend to Face Left [Excerpt] 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Other 17th-century rationalists, including Hobbes and Leibniz, offered their own versions of the mathematical universe. Books: ‘Our Mathematical Universe’: A Case for Alternate Realities 2014-04-21T21:25:54Z When Alexander published his book in 2012, drawing on the work of Kelly and her husband, Edward, he drew derision, as he knew he would, from broad segments of the rationalist and scientific communities. Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife 2014-04-20T04:01:17Z Things can’t possibly be as bad on the scientific and rationalist side of the ledger, but they’re still confused and confusing. America: Stupidly stuck between religion and science 2014-04-12T16:30:00Z As cognitive psychologists Mark Johansen at Cardiff University in the U.K. and I propose a third point of view, which we call the rationalist way. Coincidences Reflect a Rational Mind 2014-03-19T18:19:09Z A religious rationalist, however, is not an easy thing to be. How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt] 2014-03-14T13:50:00Z “Some villagers told me that the rationalists would live to regret such behavior.” Battling Superstition, Indian Paid With His Life 2013-08-25T00:10:29Z The rationalist author Sam Harris, who is also a neuroscientist, aimed a fierce critique at Alexander’s account of his NDE. Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife 2014-04-20T04:01:17Z O'Malley was not the last linguistic rationalist that Australian politics would see. Disemvowelled 2013-06-27T10:29:49Z We are emotional survivalists more than we are probabilistic rationalists. The Messy (and Risky) Ways That Governments Try to Manage Risks 2013-03-01T14:45:00.360Z Even Harris, the rationalist, agrees that there are things about the universe and consciousness that are mysterious. Heaven exists. Or does it? 2012-11-20T19:41:21Z Ah, but today, we are the very model of modern scientific rationalists. Every Sperm is Sacred 2012-11-21T14:45:18.437Z Although they were rationalists, these scientists viewed God as central to their universe and their work. Royal Society Holds Firm Amid Political Challenges to Science 2012-09-03T19:06:06Z That particular rationalist creed was followed by others, more militant and political in nature. The enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes 2012-08-17T15:19:15Z For, although I am more inclined to agree with the rationalist critiques of religion from the New Atheists, the evolutionary origins and persistence of religions are intriguing and worthy of study. Dragging humanity up the shining hills of a GIS map to create a virtuous planetary superorganism: A review of `The Neighborhood Project'. 2012-08-17T16:15:00.207Z Here the visionary novelist is more realistic than the rationalist philosopher. A Point of View: A time when violence is normal 2012-07-13T17:02:20Z Educated in Beirut and at Harvard, he was in the vanguard of the generation of postwar Arab intellectuals who sought to steer the region toward a rationalist secular liberalism. Ghassan Tueni, Top Lebanese Journalist, Dies at 86 2012-06-13T01:30:51Z In the first case the rationalist asks, How is it to be determined when any individual is reliable who professes to be the recipient and interpreter of God’s commands? Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Once there lived on West One Hundred and Eighty-second Street a man of uncompromising practicality, a stern rationalist. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The transcendentalists, it is true, employed against the "rationalists" the weapons that he put into their hands. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z With the naturalists and the rationalists, he put aside any idea of Divine revelation. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z In fact, his philosophy supplanted, for a time, the infidel metaphysics of Hume and the French rationalists. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The rationalist asks, How is this explicable from the supernatural standpoint? Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Rat′ionalism, the religious system or doctrines of a rationalist; Rat′ionalist, one who believes himself guided in his opinions solely by reason, independently of authority, esp. in regard to religion—denying supernatural revelation.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z This is the way the Protestant Christians spoke of him; the "Evangelicals" spoke thus of the Unitarians; the believers in miraculous revelations spoke thus of the rationalists. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Although Schleiermacher accepted and even went beyond the negative criticism of the rationalists against the doctrines of the Church, he sought to retain the essential aspects of positive Christianity. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Indeed he was in religious belief a rationalist, and had not yet adopted those profound and spiritual convictions which subsequently formed the main-spring of his ministry. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The rationalist affirms that there are only two logical standpoints; one, that of submission of opinion to arbitrary authority. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Free′thinker, one who professes to be free from conventional authority in religion: a rationalist; Free′thinking, Free′-thought, the habit of mind of a freethinker.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The rationalists, who a generation or two ago struggled with such things as the prevalent belief in witchcraft, may have deemed that the abolition of superstitions of this kind would take "thousands of years." The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Neither the out-and-out rationalists nor the orthodox students of the Bible approved of this new mode of interpretation, which was more or less the outcome of the study of the sacred books of other religions. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z C. L. A. I. J. Filsafat meant the Greek philosophy as cultivated by Persian rationalists, in opposition to theology. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Supernaturalism is for a rationalist a word of self-contradiction. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Ankara University and Istanbul University still reflect the rationalist ethos of a secular republic; the Islamist tone of Turkey’s present government affects newer campuses. Muslims and the Koran: In the beginning were the words 2011-12-28T16:03:36Z In the later ages of Athens, and of the other democratic states, the rationalist principles of freedom and equality were the sole prevailing and recognized maxims of government. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Catholic teachers were driven from the schools, which were then committed to Protestants, rationalists, anything but Catholics. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z It is a sufficient criticism on the pure rationalist's position to point out the fact that his separation of practical and theoretic interests is a pure fiction that is never realized anywhere. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z The rationalist asks, What was it that the consciences of these Christian men said on the subject of slavery only fifty years ago? Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Whatever view a rationalist may hold on this point, I feel that Major Leonard has laid the world of literature under a debt for his admirable monograph on a peculiarly interesting subject. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z It is only among a few of the later, degenerate, and rationalist sects of philosophy, the Stoics for example, that the expression Divine Reason is ever met with. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z From these ancestors was born a generation of rationalists and atheists, who celebrated their triumphs, first in the French Revolution, and afterwards in the general dissolution of organized society. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Spinoza, the most consistent of the dogmatic rationalists, finds himself compelled in his formulation of the analytic interpretation of the causal relation handed down to him to transform it into a mathematical one. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z The rationalist recommends right conduct because in increasing the present total of human happiness you increase your own happiness now, and render future happiness more easily attainable by others. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z In his treatment he shows himself a philosophical rationalist animated with a reverence for the Arabian Teacher—the evident outcome of a true appreciation of the mainspring of his actions. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z On this ancient basis of Chinese philosophy, proceeding from indifference to differences, was afterwards founded the rationalist system of Lao-tseu, whose name occurs somewhat earlier than that of Confucius. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z NASA’s engineers, rationalists though they be, will be keeping their fingers crossed on Saturday, and hoping that the ghoul’s appetite has thus been sated, and that it will leave Curiosity alone. Mars exploration: How to land a Mini on Mars 2011-11-23T19:48:00Z You say you are no "rationalist," and yet you speak of the "sharp" distinction between beliefs based on "inner evidence" and beliefs based on "craving." The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z To the rationalist there can be nothing supernatural. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Two other striking contributions to the history of this stormy epoch have been made by Bruno Bauer, the well known rationalist. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z This disagreeable fact is utterly inexplicable according to the rationalist system of history—or if it be susceptible of explanation, it certainly is not reconcileable with the liberal view. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z He saw the corruption of the Church, yet he revered the sacred institution; in spite of his faith, he was a Christian rationalist. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Inborn rationalists and inborn pragmatists will never convert each other. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z To the rationalist the word “create” in the sense of absolute origin of substance is a word without meaning. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Extreme rationalists leave their congregations in tears, and extreme churchmen dismiss theirs unmoved, the humors of the men deciding the issues of their ministrations. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Through them I became acquainted with the criticisms of de Wette, Eichhorn, Dinter, and others, and it was not long that I stood up a zealous defender of modern Judaism; I became a rationalist. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z It is easily forgotten that Luther desired the execution of a rationalist, and that Calvin did burn a Socinian. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z My conceit appropriates the honey—for the gall it makes indulgent allowance, as the inevitable watering of a pair of aged rationalist eyes at the effulgent sunrise of a new philosophic day! The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Curiously enough, even some of the clergy have quoted approvingly some of the arguments of these rationalists, no doubt much to the glee of Mr Clodd in particular. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Even among rationalists, a symptom of the old idea appears in an expression of the face, the manner of address, the walk, or the general bearing. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The latter, in their furious hate of the poor rationalists, resemble the inmates of a lunatic asylum, who, although they will not believe in each other's hallucinations, yet in a measure tolerate one another. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Paine supposed that he would be cared for in the house of this active rationalist, but the man and his family were illiterate and vulgar. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z After long debates, which undoubtedly could not be held without bitter clashes between the native rationalists and the native nationalists and progressionists, all doubts were finally set at rest. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z This system, on account of its democratic character, found hearty supporters among the later rationalists. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The most repulsive doctrine has something to urge in its favor, and it is the duty of the true rationalist to find out what it may be. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Every man carries a rationalist and a traditionalist under his skin. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z When Christian ideas succumbed in the eighteenth century to rationalist ideas, feudal society fought its death-battle with the then revolutionary bourgeoisie. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z Let sceptics, and rationalists, and infidels doubt, for they have nothing to believe, nothing to rest upon, no certainty. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z The rationalists were compelled to make appeal to the people by popular agitators. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z They might have been truly rationalists as he wanted to be, but could not be at that period. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z In this respect, they rank highly above the rationalist schools of various epochs. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z One passage from the Science profile struck me in particular: “Guessoum describes himself as a “rationalist” and a practicing but pragmatic Muslim. The Astronomy of Ramadan 2011-08-04T16:12:25Z The rationalists it is needless to say, avoided this error, but they betrayed a sense of the peril arising from it, in the polemical spirit that characterized much of their writing. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Though hateful to the old rationalists, this system found ardent admirers among the younger theologians. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z When President Obama, the supreme rationalist, says that there are just days to avert Armageddon, everyone should sit up and listen. What hope is there for us if America is driven to the brink of meltdown? 2011-07-16T23:08:13Z The preachers have often called me a godless rationalist. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z He was a rationalist, but without aiming at the rejection or annihilation of the Christian supernaturalism. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z It was a sect of rationalists, free-thinkers, skeptics, eclectics; Jews, but not dogmatists of any school. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The Rationalistic Theology.—From the school of these men, especially from that of Semler, went forth crowds of rationalists, who for seventy years held almost all the professorships and pastorates of Protestant Germany. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z For decades, various scientists, rationalists and magicians have in turn, attempted to challenge the guru to perform his 'miracles' under controlled conditions. Avatar or conman? 2011-04-24T05:03:32Z So it is a form of science denial for rationalists to deny the evidence of what cultural cognition suggests about what "rational" really means. Trains, nukes, marriage, and vaccines (and anything else): Why the facts don't matter 2011-04-22T14:45:00.467Z A rationalist, Pascal thought about how he might bet against God's very existence and behave accordingly: more rosé, fewer rosaries. Does Rob Bell's Hell Threaten Evangelicals' Business Plan? 2011-04-20T09:00:00Z Renan adopts the method of the early rationalists, but applies it with a freedom and facility of which they were incapable. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Persecuted by the irreligious mob, the rationalist clergy, and sometimes by the authorities, they by-and-by secured representatives among the younger clergy and in the university chairs, and carried on vigorous missions at home and abroad. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z And finally, for the rationalists who still dismiss the mountains of evidence about the instinctive subconscious tools that shape our decisions and judgments, here’s the topper. Dear Chemists 2011-04-11T13:45:06.643Z Religion and Philosophy.—In fact, for Hegel as for all rationalists whose attitude is also religious, religion and philosophy were two forms of the same thing. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Thus the rationalist movement with the new science opened men's minds to a universe composed of familiar substances and controlled by known or knowable laws with no tinge remaining of the supernatural. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Bismarck was a rationalist, Hitler a romantic nihilist. Otto von Bismarck, Master Statesman 2011-04-02T03:18:41Z In the church doctrines he recognised an important symbolical expression of religious truths, and so by the out and out rationalist he was all along sneered at as a mystic. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In the new world of the psychoanalysts there is confusion for the rationalist even though he is dealing with something so inferentially logical as a science. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z These consequences are new facts, not merely, as for the rationalist, the old facts conceived in their truth; they often reverse, in their emotional quality, the events they represent. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Science, says the self-proclaimed rationalist, does find out the facts, but there is still work to be done in deciding what we should do with them. Facing the facts 2011-03-17T08:51:00Z "I see you are a determined rationalist," she said. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z In company with the supernatural rationalists and deists, Franklin exalted Reason as the experience through which God is discovered and known. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z As a matter of fact, they don't call themselves pessimists, but prefer to be known as rationalists, realists, or some such name which carries with it the hint of wisdom. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Only the most convinced rationalist, the boldest prophet, could embrace it dogmatically; yet time has largely given it the proof. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z He was not in any sense a "mere" rationalist. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z But if Erasmus was unlike the 18th century rationalist in that he did not declare war against the church, but remained a Catholic and mourned the disruption, he was yet a true rationalist in principle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z A pioneer American rationalist, not without his claims to being "another Voltaire," Franklin as a youth read those works which were forming or interpreting the thought patterns of the age. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Thus the rationalist who claims tolerance as his characteristic virtue is intolerant of any doctrine which supposes the supernatural. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z George Eliot was never orthodox again; she abandoned, with fierce determination, every creed, and although she passed, later, through various phases, she remained incessantly a rationalist in matters of faith and in all other matters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Nikolai Ladovsky was an avant-garde architect, a leader of the rationalist movement, and no fan of the heavy classical styling favored by Stalin. | Readers? Questions: A Bit of Moscow on the Hudson? 2011-02-04T04:02:34Z It is impossible in reading Erasmus not to be reminded of the rationalist of the 18th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z And, with or without the leave of the literary rationalists, I would say that the spirit of that sentence is very near to the heart of true literature. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z A rationalist who denies the existence of any higher than natural causes cannot admit any event to be miraculous. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z The rationalist will object to this, that such an answer to prayer is nothing more than the subjective effect of a given attitude of mind. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Which, of course, rather surprised the people who know Itzhak Beery in his rationalist mode. Beliefs: Weekdays, the Adman Worked. Sundays, the Shaman Healed. 2010-07-23T16:48:00Z "Some people see this as a great advance, the cracking of the cold rationalist and stuffy and traditional approach but others would see it as a decline - hanging your dirty laundry in public." How to brush up your debating skills 2010-04-14T10:34:00Z Simon Singh's libel tussle with the British Chiropractic Association has brought together an unusual alliance of comedians and scientists in support of a broad, rationalist agenda. How science became cool 2010-04-13T07:00:00Z The rationalists explained the ram on which Phrixus crossed the sea as the name or ornament of the ship on which he escaped. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" At the same time, it is abundantly evident that it is not argument but supposed authority which influences the great majority of those who style themselves rationalists. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer I'm getting rather fed up with toleration, really; the only people with any fanaticism now are the rationalists. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Its failure is likely to be that of other rationalist systems. The Acquisitive Society Considered as having a residual meaning apart from the law to which they have become exceptions, they can become the subject-matter of the rationalist. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Plato is, in theory at least, the prince of rationalists and intellectualists. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In temperament he is what may be called a sentimental rationalist. A Short History of French Literature He was, however, a rationalist and deist, and never believed anything, as he declared himself, that he could not understand. Lectures on The Science of Language If rationalist principles prevail, and the Old Testament be a series of myths or allegories, why still retain the ritualist law in all its strictness? and if that goes the whole system goes. The Religious Life of London It is important that we recognize that neither the positivist nor the rationalist is able to identify the nature of the fact or datum199 to which they refer. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Like the Pharisees of old, we go up into the temple and thank God that we are not rationalists, like the Germans, or infidels, like the French. About London It is to be remarked that pilgrimages have diminished in Europe, in proportion as faith has become rationalist, and as people have taken to discuss the truths of religion. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] But Maimonides, the great rationalist, in his commentary on the Mishnah and in his Code, formulated a Messianic belief which was quite free from mystical and supernatural elements. Jewish Theology This circle is what the rationalists and the ideologists, ignorant of its real foundations, have called, and call, in an exclusive fashion, civilization. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History Discreet rationalists confined themselves to theology and allied branches of abtruse science, and to mathematics. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude When Carlyle began to think seriously, two antagonistic conceptions of life, the orthodox and the rationalist, were struggling for mastery in the field of thought. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series The other schools of interpretation are, according to Dr. Gregory, the rationalists and "the common-sense critics." The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The transcendental ego seems nowadays in rationalist quarters to stand for everything, in empiricist quarters for almost nothing. Essays in Radical Empiricism Barbaric laws, the usages and customs of nations and societies, so despised by the rationalists, have been theoretically restored to honor. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History To her ardent love and intense imagination, enabling her to visualize Him who, though dead, she could not relinquish, rationalists ascribe the inception of the doctrine of the Resurrection. Women of Early Christianity The names ‘rationalist’ and ‘rationalism’ have been used in so many senses within the past three hundred years that they cannot be said to stand quite definitely for any type or school of philosophic thought. Rationalism The rationalist who undertakes to demonstrate the impossibility of miracles forgets that his thinking works within a set of postulates and principles which his adversary will not accept. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance If, then, the individual's object is to be a rational object, as the humanitarian or rationalist assumes, then that end must be one in which he can share; and therefore cannot be in this world. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion This belief, this current opinion, has become for reasoning historians, or even for rationalists, a semi-doctrine, which has recently been urged several times, as a decisive argument, against the unitary theory of the materialistic conception. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History His credulity in these points may be disappointing to the reader who hopes to find in Scot a scientific rationalist. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The very opponents of the rationalist often claim to be more rational than he, and must at least use his methods up to a certain point. Rationalism The difference between a Christian and a pagan monarchy, or between a Christian and a rationalist democracy, is as great, politically, as that between a monarchy and a republic. The History of Freedom Spinoza is, in the traditional usage of the term, anything but a rationalist in his ethics. The Philosophy of Spinoza When Christian ideas succumbed in the eighteenth century to rationalist ideas, feudal society fought its death battle with the then revolutionary bourgeoisie. Manifesto of the Communist Party The Southern and Western German is an idealist; the Prussian is a realist and a materialist, a stern rationalist, who always keeps his eye on the main chance. German Problems and Personalities There are now, probably, tens of thousands of more or less instructed men and women in this country who would call themselves rationalists in the broad sense above specified as now generally current. Rationalism There is a touch of the sour-grapes philosophy in the rationalist attitude on this matter which Mr. Wells attributes to his Invisible King. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' Only if rationalism consists in being unflaggingly reasonable is Spinoza an avowed and thorough-going rationalist. The Philosophy of Spinoza A criticism of the clerical rationalists, not dissimilar in its purport, was administered to Jowett by a certain Russian thinker, who knew little as to Jowett's opinions, and had no intention of rebuking them. Memoirs of Life and Literature At that time he was a rationalist and a disciple of Wolf; he became a Freemason. German Problems and Personalities Very few, at least, bracket the term ‘rationalist’ with ‘spiritualist’ in describing themselves: the two tendencies nearly always divide sharply, though it cannot be said that in strict logic they are mutually exclusive. Rationalism The extreme rationalist party had favoured the Revolution, and the school of Schleiermacher had supported the schemes for constitutional government. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The rationalists supposed that I had rejected the old ideals, as my hero casts off the clerical garb. Pepita Ximenez So there is no inconsistency in further characterising the monophysites as rationalists. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology However convenient this may be for the teachers of mystery, it is most unsatisfactory to rationalists. Arrows of Freethought Leaving that task to those who affect them, the rationalist may claim to be justified in acting on the maxim that honesty is the best policy in the intellectual as in the commercial life. Rationalism Its last form is a modification of the old Socinian view, formed under the pressure of evangelical religion on the one side and rationalist criticism on the other. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It will mean that believing will precede reasoning in our approach to the Word of God, and this defines the vital distinction between the true Christian and the rationalist. a. The Church, the Schools and Evolution Their narrow outlook on life, their religious zeal and their rationalist philosophy combined to produce in them sectarianism of an extreme type. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology On the other hand, a large school of German rationalists see here nothing beyond the teaching of the Epicure: "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes The agnostic inevitably begins in terms of the rationalist bias, in craving for coherence and consistency of statement; and his most circumspect negations stand for precaution against inconsistent credulity. Rationalism Bretschneider shows in his reply to Mr. Rose, and in his Autobiography, that he was much hurt at being classed with the rationalists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Satan was the first rationalist on earth, and Eve fell when she accepted his reasonings about the Word of God in the place of simple faith in that Word. The Church, the Schools and Evolution The rationalists either maintained a contemptuous silence or answered him by their favorite cry of ignorance and fanaticism. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Bellarmine945 refuted this audacious assertion long before it was rehashed by the German rationalist. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Here the rationalist may safely grant him his whole case—at least the present writer does. Rationalism These two works differ from most of those previously named, in being histories of modern German theology generally, and not merely of the rationalist forms of it. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion But rationalism did not stop there, for ever since that day all men without exception have been natural-born rationalists. The Church, the Schools and Evolution The vast host of rationalists are busy proclaiming 184 the downfall of religion. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Thinkers and rationalists are seldom, if ever, found on the wrong side. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 As of old, anti-rationalists persist in assuming that the determinist view of things, mostly accepted by the rationalist, impairs character by reducing will to a ‘mechanism.’ Rationalism His position in the history of doubt is with the early rationalists, not with the deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The program of the rationalist is to harmonize the Word of God with his conclusions. The Church, the Schools and Evolution Our little rationalists imagine that they are hitting the foundations of religion when they successfully assail the crumbling walls of dogmas. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war But he was a Protestant by education, a thinker by nature, a rationalist by conviction. The First Violin A Novel By his bias the rationalist can afford to be tried. Rationalism The rationalist theologians wished to define clearly their own position, as opposed on the one hand to deists and naturalists, and on the other to supernaturalists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The program of the rationalist is to become a critic of the Word and sit in judgment on it. The Church, the Schools and Evolution The war thus becomes a stumbling-block to faithfulness to conventional Christianity, and the glee of the rationalist is pardonable. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war This dogma brings to naught all the rationalist systems which refuse to acknowledge in human nature either fall or supernatural redemption. Pius IX. And His Time The charge is in fact one more illustration of the anti-veridical bias of pietism—the need to distort and pervert the case against the rationalist. Rationalism He was answered by Bretschneider in a tract, in which that theologian entered upon the defence of the rationalist position. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion These are certainly reasons enough why the believer and the rationalist can never travel together. The Church, the Schools and Evolution Our little rationalists are right, perfectly right, when they point to the shortcomings of the Churches. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He always speaks of the rationalists in the ordinary tone of dislike; and he looks coldly upon one school of orthodoxy. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice As an imputation upon known rationalists in general the theorem is simply false. Rationalism Thus far was the work of the older critical school of rationalists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion For the believer is walking by God's estimate of him, while the rationalist is walking by his estimate of God, and these paths go in opposite directions. The Church, the Schools and Evolution This is exactly the point where our easygoing rationalist misses the mark. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war But in this society he met young men—and older men too, for several of the Dons were members—who were rationalists, materialists, and definitely sceptical. Beside Still Waters The name ‘rationalist,’ in short, has come to mean for most people in this country very much what ‘freethinker’ used to mean for those who did not employ it as a mere term of abuse. Rationalism The rationalist may claim that when his educational theories are adopted and put into practice all dens of misery and vice will disappear, but he cannot support his statement with convincing proofs. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science This is why so many of those students who sit in the classes of the rationalists in our colleges and seminaries lose their faith. The Church, the Schools and Evolution Like the converted sinner in the ranks of the Salvation Army, Mr. McCabe carries special weight to the lines of rationalists and ethicists. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Such childish curiosity may be, and often is, altogether independent of the awakening of the sexual life; the real motive is then the rationalist one, if the expression be permitted. The Sexual Life of the Child Kant, it may be remembered, distinguished between ‘rationalists,’ as thinkers who did not deny the possibility of a revelation, and ‘naturalists’ who did. Rationalism In Judah Halevi the poet got the better of the rationalist. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The rationalist, accepting no interpretation except that furnished by his own puny and incompetent reason unillumined by faith, reaches conclusions absolutely contradicted by those arrived at by the man of faith. The Church, the Schools and Evolution But the problem of the persistence of war has somehow escaped atheists and rationalists, just as it has eluded theologians and revivalists. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war With regard to the legend of the ocean Kami, the rationalists conceive that the tribe inhabiting Tsukushi at the time of Ninigi's arrival there had originally immigrated from the south and had gradually spread inland. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Early ‘rationalists’ might indeed seek to put a quasi-rational form upon tradition, and to give reasons for recognising authority. Rationalism It is the reply of the obscurantist, and it is very surprising that Maimonides the rationalist should so far have forgotten his own ideal of reason and enlightenment. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy “By whose interpretation, yours or mine?“ is a favorite question which the rationalist asks the believer when the meaning of some Scripture passage is in question. The Church, the Schools and Evolution They were rationalists, too, in principle, but again within limits: openly avowing the doctrines which in the Established church had still to be sheltered by ostensible conformity to the traditional dogmas. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. I am thinking of the chapter in this book that is a reply to Mr. McCabe, an ex-Roman Catholic, who, being a keen logician, is now a rationalist. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Against them, those who claim to hold by reason as the totality of judgment may fitly call themselves by the name ‘rationalist.’ Rationalism The latter did not appeal to pure rationalists like Ibn Daud or Maimonides, and the former seemed unconvincing, as it was employed in a lost cause. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy This is why it is that when the rationalist tries his hand at interpretation he is sure, sooner or later, to bring perfectly harmonious facts into confusion and contradiction. The Church, the Schools and Evolution The group of eminent men who made Edinburgh a philosophical centre was thoroughly in sympathy with the rationalist movement of the eighteenth century. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The Jesuits were stern rationalists, and, considering themselves as the defenders of a besieged fortress, were determined not to lay the Church open to attack and to remove any cause for criticism. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day A constant concern for revision, then, would seem to be forced upon the professed rationalist, who knows how often the appeal to reason has yielded mere modifications of error, one unjustifiable credence ousting another. Rationalism The rationalist has a fixed unchangeable Idea or reason or method, whose reality and value consists in its unity, permanence and immutability. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The controversy that results is caused altogether by the rationalist thrusting himself into that place that belongs to the Holy Spirit alone. The Church, the Schools and Evolution He was a rationalist, but within the limits fixed by respectability; and he dreaded the revolution in politics, and believed in the surpassing merits of the British Constitution as interpreted by the respectable Whigs. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. I understand why atheists and rationalists, who reject all revelation, should deny all supernatural authority to the ministers of God. The Faith of Our Fathers The rationalist avows a moral bias—an attitude towards his fellows, a moral ‘taste,’ let us say—which partly determines his reasoned judgment. Rationalism This is clearly absurd, says Maimonides the rationalist. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The entire difference between the rationalist and the believer is a matter of vision. The Church, the Schools and Evolution It has no punishment nor even a voice of disapprobation to its member who is a rationalist, an atheist, or a Christian so far as acceptance of such belief or non-belief is concerned. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ He believes in Christianity because he is a rationalist, and the evidence in its favour has convinced him. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The rationalist, then, has his bias like another. Rationalism In spirit and temperament he is a thoroughgoing rationalist. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy And as for the Church ever abandoning the assured results and methods of scientific investigation, this is precisely the thing the Church is fighting to maintain against the efforts of evolutionists and rationalists. The Church, the Schools and Evolution The Hindu is no rationalist in his religion. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The rationalist view can therefore only be said to be feasible in certain limited spheres, outside of which it is grotesque and ridiculous. Werwolves The more philosophic assailant of the rationalist, we assume, professes after all to stand or fall by reasoning. Rationalism These fragments are sufficient to show us that unlike Israeli, who shows little knowledge of the Muʿtazilite discussions, Al Mukammas is a real Muʿtazilite and moves in the path laid out by these Mohammedan rationalists. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy And who but the rationalist and the unbeliever can ever refuse to let Him reveal the perfect harmony between the facts of nature and the scientific references of Scripture? The Church, the Schools and Evolution Its religious leaders there are rationalists who scrutinize and criticise the Koran with the boldness of the higher critics of the Bible. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Her observations on this important subject are worthy of serious consideration, from those rationalists especially whose cold theories do not admit anything so "unphilosophical" as prayer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 And when we come to what appear to be his conclusions, they are such as can wring no rationalist’s withers. Rationalism Nay, the very sects and subdivisions of all historic religions have been the same, and each supplies us with mystic and rationalist, formalist and philanthropist, ascetic and epicurean. The Sympathy of Religions His own contributions show that, although clearly a rationalist, he was still opposed to open infidelity. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Protestants shared with Roman Catholics the horror of ‘rationalists’ and ‘free-thinkers.’ Manhood of Humanity. For the rationalist, on the other hand, wisdom is not coin, but itself the very substance of value. The Approach to Philosophy The rationalist, it should seem, has small cause to deprecate such antagonism. Rationalism A man of genius, but I believe a rationalist in religion. The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the early years of his London life, Mill had been only a rationalist. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He was philosophic, but had too much heart to be a rationalist; too much imagination for an anti‑supernaturalist. Overbeck It is evident that logic will have a peculiar importance for the rationalist. The Approach to Philosophy The vital question is seen to be, then, whether the Butlerian ‘believer’ or the rationalist is the more loyal to that standard of probability by which each avowedly guides himself. Rationalism Plato, by the mouth of Socrates, rejects a rationalist interpretation of this myth. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Of course it will be said again, that this is a shallow, rationalistic explanation, as if the word “rationalist” contained within itself something condemnatory. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour Quitman, for twenty-one years its president, permitted rationalists only in his pulpit, and in 1814, with the consent of his synod, he published a catechism denying the deity and atonement of Christ. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Lea finds the earliest instances of legal torture in the Veronese Code of 1228, and in the Sicilian Constitutions of 1231;—work of the rationalist emperor, Frederick II, but it was "sparingly and hesitatingly employed." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Upon those theologians, then, who accuse the rationalist of self-will and prejudice, he is forced to retort the charge with a double emphasis. Rationalism One has always the impression that the rationalist in him is deliberately repressing the mystic, lest his case be weakened by a suspicion of sentimentalism. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 And in fact, the book was hailed by the rationalists as a vindication of Rousseau's philosophy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators The present school of rationalists is inclining to admit that Ephesians is genuine. The Books of the New Testament Professor James' rationalist antagonists are exactly like the administrators of law and order criticised by Sweedle in the play: "They've forgot what human nature's like." Personality in Literature Recognising all this, the balanced rationalist will shun as a special sin of religion the ritualising of his joys, the sectarian extension of his differences of credence to the field of æsthetics. Rationalism The real radical not the sceptic but the rationalist, 145. The Moral Economy Burke was a conservative rationalist, which is something like an altruistic pessimist. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Every effort has been made by modern rationalists to explain this revelation as either an imaginary vision or an inward light in his conscience. The Books of the New Testament For he notes how some of the rationalists, in doubting everything, have cast doubt even on the validity of thought. Personality in Literature And to be told that, in putting aside these logomachies, he is depriving himself of intellectual and moral comfort, is for the rationalist no perturbing experience. Rationalism Having, as we hope, satisfactorily disposed of the objection usually put forward by the so-called rationalists, we shall now proceed to relate the modes by which Divine revelation historically came into actuality. A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth In the society of rationalists Burke was a conservative, and when with the conservatives he was a rationalist. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators The genuineness of this Epistle is now admitted by critics of very different schools of thought, including some extreme rationalists. The Books of the New Testament A rationalist philosophy succeeded, and this again gave way to the introduction of the religion of Buddha or Fo, just about the time of our Lord's Crucifixion. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Every religion sets aside every other: the rationalist only sets aside one more. Rationalism Law was driven by his sense of the aspects of the rationalist theories to adopt a different position. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century The Moslem monotheism was, or appeared to be, the more rationalist religion of the two. A Short History of England From his ether-intoxication Blood may feel towards ordinary rationalists "as Clive felt towards those millions of Orientals in whom honor had no part." Memories and Studies But the Khal�f himself was a notorious rationalist, and so the orthodox, though they remained quiet, remained unconvinced. The Faith of Islam Not by propounders of that test is the rationalist to be put to shame. Rationalism They were ready for some utterance of the emotional and imaginative element in religion and philosophy which was left out of account by the wits and rationalists. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Or rather those things it failed to include, through the limitations of this rationalist interval between mediæval and modern mysticism, were at least not of the sort to shock us with superficial inhumanity. A Short History of England Mr. Blood must manage to re-write the last two lines; but the contrast of the two securities, his and the rationalist's, is plain enough. Memories and Studies He was a very scientific man, but a thorough rationalist in theology. The Faith of Islam For the mediæval and rationalist Maimonides the election of Israel scarcely exists—even the Messiah is only to be a righteous Conqueror, whose success will be the test of 59his genuineness. Chosen Peoples Being the First "Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture" delivered before the Jewish Historical Society at University College on Easter-Passover Sunday, 1918/5678 The moral theory of the contemporary rationalists was correlative to their religious theory. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Torture, so far from being peculiarly mediæval, was copied from pagan Rome and its most rationalist political science; and its application to others besides slaves was really part of the slow mediæval extinction of slavery. A Short History of England The rationalist mind has cleared away all the sentimental and most of the superstitious encumbrances and hindrances of strong narrative. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature If you want to see this faith in all its naïveté go into those quaint rationalist circles where Herbert Spencer's ghost announces the "laws of life," with only a few inessential details omitted. A Preface to Politics A shallow rationalist might say that the man died of the bite; but the Kai knows better. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia It is fought on theological grounds by clerics who quote the first chapter of Genesis; and on anti-theological grounds by half-instructed rationalists who attack marriage because they suppose it was invented by the Church. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles In philosophy Buridan was a rationalist, and followed Occam in denying all objective reality to universals, which he regarded as mere words. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But with these things the Sagas have little to do; where they are in relation to this common rationalist habit of mind, it is all to their good. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature He showed, indeed, the prejudice entertained by many of the rationalist divines for the freethinkers who were a little more outspoken than himself. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series He knows; and distrust of himself or his conclusions is as foreign to him as to the rationalists of our century and decade. A Hero and Some Other Folks The calamities of our country, then, my friend, have transformed you into a believer, and made of the rationalist a mystic, believing in miracles? Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Before a step is taken in this direction we must be able to prove Divinity from the standpoint of reason so that no doubt or objection may remain for the rationalist. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The Arminian priest turns the rationalist over to the penal fires of eternity, because he is in mental error as to the explanation of the Trinity and the Atonement. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It is difficult to place him as either a Protestant, a Catholic apologist or a rationalist. The Age of the Reformation The most important of all these was the controversy with Blatchford, Editor of the Clarion, who had written a rationalist Credo, entitled God and My Neighbour. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The argument was not by any means a complete or unconquerable weapon, but I think it knocked out what little re mained of the brains of the early Victorian rationalists. The Victorian Age in Literature I want," he said on one occasion in private, "to open the way to the Church to rationalists. Life of Father Hecker One happens to form a friendship with an evangelical believer, another is influenced by a rationalist companion: the same fearful diversity of fate ensues. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He was a dogmatic rationalist—one hesitates to use a word which has been so portentously misused. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc It never was a religion for the rationalist and the worldling; it was based on alienation from the world, from the intellectual world no less than from the economic and political. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion The Oxford Movement was, out of the very roots of its being, a rational movement; almost a rationalist movement. The Victorian Age in Literature Then he notices and refutes certain destructive interpretations of prophecies which have been derived from the unbelieving Jews by our modern rationalists, as that Psalm cx. is spoken of Hezekiah, and Psalm lxxii. of Solomon. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself I am neither an atheist," said Napoleon, "nor a rationalist; I believe in God, and am of the religion of my father. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte To desire one's own economic advancement is comparatively reasonable; to Marx, who inherited eighteenth-century rationalist psychology from the British orthodox economists, self-enrichment seemed the natural aim of a man's political actions. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism An answer perhaps could be offered of which the rationalist need not be ashamed. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion The rationalist movement had been just strong enough to conquer some of her outposts, as it seemed, for ever. The Victorian Age in Literature In the view of rationalists prophecy is no revelation of the future through the illumination of the Holy Spirit. Companion to the Bible Those able and honest people, the Cambridge rationalists, headed by Mr. G.E. Art Their general tendencies coincided pretty much with those of the orthodox and the rationalists. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic It is that of their contemporaries outside the church, who are rationalists in history and egotists or voluntarists in philosophy. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion It is we Christians who accept all actual evidence—it is you rationalists who refuse actual evidence, being constrained to do so by your creed. Orthodoxy In these the commentaries of modern rationalists abound. Companion to the Bible The Cambridge rationalists have a short way with such dissenters. Art The vulgar idea of miracles being put into solution, leaves you with the higher law and spiritual causation; which the rationalists deny, and which you and I hold faithfully. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II But Wesley is empiricist as well as rationalist, and the judgment of authority can be upset by appeal to the court of experience. Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) The rationalist explanation of the coming fever is far more satisfactory and scientific; but the other keeps recurring—a curious experience anyhow. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College I again remind the reader that there are all sorts of rationalists, in the philosophical sense of the word. An Introduction to Philosophy Both Voltaire and Rousseau were rationalists and Deists to the end of their days and both were unwearied foes of any other-than-natural sources for our spiritual knowledge and religious values. Preaching and Paganism We do well to recognize the further fact concerning the effort to eliminate the supernatural from the Bible, that the work of the rationalists has permeated the literature of the day. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism He was himself denounced as a German rationalist who dared to speak of a new era in theology. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Who would not sooner be an old-fashioned infidel than such a doting and maundering rationalist? Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) On the other hand, one may be a good deal of an empiricist, and yet something of a rationalist, too. An Introduction to Philosophy He had never tried to make drunkards of people; Marcella he had impatiently tried to make a rationalist; but now he spent all his time trying to convert them. Captivity And in consistency with their critical theory some of the rationalists have reduced them both to legend. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism The movement of English thought known as deism was a distinct forerunner of the rationalist movement, within the particular area of the discussion of religion. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant A refinement of modern philosophy often leads our rationalist to speak depreciatingly, if not contemptuously, of what he calls a stereotyped revelation—revelation in a book. Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) Nevertheless, as I pointed out in the section above referred to, Locke is not a rationalist of malice prepense. An Introduction to Philosophy Nor, even though Germany be the land of learning, can the clear-headed scholar agree with some of her rationalists, who are often busy in the same field of industry, setting forth wild criticism as "science." The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Hence, there are absolutely no grounds for the assumption of the rationalists. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism The rationalist movement, considered in its other aspects, never attained in England in the eighteenth century the proportions which it assumed in France and Germany. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant What more, it may well be asked, have rationalist opponents of Christianity ever said, in their efforts to tear up the Christian religion by the roots, than we find here admitted by Catholic apologists? Outspoken Essays As Kant used the word, Descartes was a dogmatist; but let us rather call him a rationalist. An Introduction to Philosophy I had left the temple a devotee, and was returned a rationalist. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character So far, then, as the problem of the unification of the sciences is concerned, the old prejudices which divided the rationalist philosopher from the sensationalist scientific man seem to have been, in the main, dissipated. Recent Developments in European Thought When the rationalist movement of the old world began to make itself felt, it was at first largely through the influence of France. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant On the critical side they are pure rationalists, much as they dislike the name. Outspoken Essays Thus, it does not seem unreasonable to charge Kant with being a good deal of a rationalist. An Introduction to Philosophy For sources on modern anti-semitism in the Critique of positivistic religion by the deists and rationalists in France, cf. The Grey Book The followers of Plato are mystics, yearning for the love of God; the followers of Aristotle are rationalists, seeking for the abstract knowledge of God. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria The rationalist movement itself needed greater breadth and deeper understanding of itself. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Unhampered by any of the misgivings which predispose the ordinary believer to conservatism, they follow the rationalist argument to its logical conclusions with startling ruthlessness. Outspoken Essays In short, a Nihilist was an extreme individualist and rationalist. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Is it, indeed, that so-called historical Christ of rationalist exegesis who is diluted for us in a myth or in a social atom? Tragic Sense Of Life Thus he appears in the strange role of a rationalist. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 There speaks, of course, the prophet of the new age which was to transcend the old rationalist movement. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant The amazing crudity of this avowed obscurantism is likely to make the orthodox apologist writhe, and to move the rationalist to contemptuous laughter. Outspoken Essays He was a superb rationalist; but after that he did not exist. Queed A purely rationalist tradition is as impossible as a tradition purely religious. Tragic Sense Of Life Adrian is the fascinating dilettante, the philosophic doubter, a sort of romantic rationalist with a taste for art. Reviews Kant, though in fullest sympathy with its fundamental principles, was yet aware of the excesses and weaknesses in which the rationalist movement was running out. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant He who believes that intelligence and knowledge should guide instinct and that happiness is thus more certain is better than an optimist; he is a rationalist, a realist. The Nervous Housewife Here, then, was a pretty situation: he, the triumphant rationalist, the toy of utterly irrational impulses—of an utterly irrational instinct. Queed Our Lord Don Quixote is the prototype of the vitalist whose faith is based upon uncertainty, and Sancho is the prototype of the rationalist who doubts his own reason. Tragic Sense Of Life The older men—men varying in age from 30 to 50—have gone through an inward and outward struggle resembling that of the rationalists of Darwin's and Mill's generation. The Problem of China This was in spite of the fact that the Pietists' view of religion was the opposite of the rationalist view. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Nor did he ever lose this rationalist tolerance. The Art of Letters But he was a rationalist among rationalists, and in the end his reason subdued his demon. Queed Against romanticism the forces of rationalist and classicist pedantry, especially in France, have latterly been unchained. Tragic Sense Of Life I became a convinced and militant rationalist about five years ago, but have been an unbeliever since I left school. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Here again it is the rationalist principle which is everywhere at work. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant We in the West have "followed our reason as far as it would go," and our reason has led us to things that nearly all the rationalists would have thought wildly irrational. The New Jerusalem |
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