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You could say that such works represent a convergence of opposite kinds of consciousness: one that thinks rationalistically in the most abstract terms possible and one that cogitates by means of visual and poetic metaphors. Art Review: Rubin Museum Show of Contemporary Tibetans 2010-08-19T21:54:00Z
The Greeks were the first to carry out experiments in rationalistic philosophy and in democratic government. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
So you’re saying that liberal democracy needs to be much more empathetic and close to the people, and less technocratic and rationalistic? Liberal Politics Needs a Lifeline. Emotion Could Be it. 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z
If we’re going to turn human space exploration into displaced religion, at least let’s not dress it up as rationalistic entrepreneurialism. Life on Mars? Sorry Brian Cox, that’s still science fiction | Philip Ball 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z
He recently wrote that systems science in China is "under a rationalistic grip, with the ‘scientific’ leg long and the democratic leg short." A revered rocket scientist set in motion China's mass surveillance of its citizens 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z
Jayalalitha was outspoken, saying she was proud to be a woman, an upper-caste Brahmin and a Hindu - in a state where politicians espoused the rationalistic credo of their parties and decried Brahminism and religion. Jayalalitha: The 'goddess' of Tamil Nadu politics - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z
Economist Joseph Schumpeter explained this passivity as the result of the rationalistic nature of capitalism. Confessions of a Capitalist 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z
They concentrated on old rationalistic aspects of politics. Liberal Politics Needs a Lifeline. Emotion Could Be it. 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z
From this rejection of the rationalistic State theory, it follows, of course, that the author declines the style of historical writing that corresponds with it. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z
On the one hand he turned his weapons against the rationalistic school, who reduced religion to the modicum compatible with an ordinary worldly mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z
He becomes a professor of the rationalistic University of London, and a contributor to the free-thinking "Westminster Review." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z
The Greek spirit was essentially rationalistic and eclectic; the Egyptian spirit was essentially mystical and devotional. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z
But, all the same, myth must be handled tenderly and not in too rationalistic a spirit—for that might be opening the doors to "the atheist people." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z
Others also, no less rationalistic than he, have pointed out this likeness between American traditions of the Deluge and those of the Bible and the Chaldeans. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z
Outside France, Germany and England, there were no great schools of thought distinctively deistic, though in most countries there is to be found a rationalistic anti-clerical movement which partakes of the character of deism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z
On the other hand it agrees with the rationalistic view in the fact that it really gives a natural explanation of the process of the growth of myths and legends in human society. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
The rationalistic mode of thought which has left such a peculiar stamp on the eighteenth century, appears in all its glory in the laying out of the wise military polity of feudalism. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z
The poems were made the subject of mystical, allegorical, and rationalistic interpretation, precisely as was the case with the text of the Bible. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z
I consider," she says emphatically, "cremation to be an absolute duty towards those to come, and support it on hygienic and rationalistic grounds. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z
It seems probable, for example, that in Portugal the marquis de Pombal was in reality a deist, and both in Italy and in Spain there were signs of the same rationalistic revolt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z
Budhism is a rationalistic and reform system as compared with Brahminism. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z
All life and Nature were to his spirit full of imaginative wonder, but they were believed also to be susceptible of a rationalistic explanation. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z
The publication of Strauss’s “Life of Jesus,” three years before, had given a powerful stimulus to rationalistic tendencies, and these the Bavarian Government determined at all costs to eradicate. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z
To the rationalistic point of view of the day, on the contrary, many doctrines of the Augustinian dogmatics, founded on the New Testament, appear quite untenable, and indeed revolting; for example, predestination. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z
From the first it has been recognized as one of the principal seats of Protestant theology, originally of the pietistic and latterly of the rationalistic and critical school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z
Residing then at Cologne, he permitted himself to be drawn into the vortex of unrestrained liberalism, and conceived the project of reconciling the new doctrines of the rationalistic world with the truths of Christianity. 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, of course, a rationalistic faith, in that I am fairly confirmed in my belief that, say, 747’s will fly because in fact the vast majority of them do, and frequently. Dot Earth Blog: Is Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact? 2011-12-23T16:04:02Z
As to "placing humanity above all creeds," this move is decidedly rationalistic and utilitarian. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z
Yet the one-sidedness of the position has had a peculiar value in combating an equally one-sided rationalistic idealism. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z
One thing is certain, we cannot go back to the old dogmatic standpoint, whether rationalistic or sensualistic. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
Dewey's treatment of thought is, after all, more rationalistic than empirical. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z
Its occasional lapses into rationalistic and unorthodox thought roused her dismay and ire. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
And yet each believed in the power of the mind to draw absolute truth from itself, and each proceeded in a highly rationalistic way to build up his system. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z
From that time to this the victorious party have sternly suppressed every rationalistic movement in Islam. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z
We come not only upon often and variously used rationalistic thoughts, but also upon old and unchangeable components of all empirical scientific thought, when we give the name "force" to the efficacy that underlies causes. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
The Gothic architecture of the Strassburg minster became to him the symbol of a national and German ideal, directly antagonistic to the French tastes and the classical and rationalistic atmosphere that prevailed in Leipzig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z
I have explained them; polite agnostics apologize for them, or cast Paine over as a Jonah of the rationalistic ship. 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
One finds here a gradually but continually widening divergence from the rationalistic theories, which culminates finally in the much-quoted extreme statements of the book ‘Pragmatism’. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z
Here Lessing identified himself with the best critical principles of the rationalistic movement—principles which, in the later years of his life, he employed in a fierce onslaught on Lutheran orthodoxy and intolerance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z
The distrust of ecclesiastical and rationalistic dogmas has made, in the thought of the present, every other treatment impossible. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
Although several of these have proved defenders of ecclesiastical orthodoxy, the rationalistic Illumination became almost universally prevalent not only among the clergy but also among the general populace. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
These objections are not confined to rationalistic critics and do not merely represent the arguments of scepticism. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z
At present pragmatism is accepted by those whose own notions are thoroughly rationalistic in make-up as a means of refurbishing, galvanizing, and justifying those very notions. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z
The Sturm und Drang had by no means exhausted itself, and the representatives of the once dominant rationalistic movement were particularly arrogant and overbearing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z
As a consequence, every essential difference between mathematical thought and the science of causes is done away with in favor of a rationalistic construction of the methods of material science. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
In the Reformed church the opposition of methodistically tinctured orthodoxy, reinforced from England and French Switzerland, and rationalistic freethinking, led to sharp conflicts. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
This may be attributed to the rationalistic influence of the doctrine of Chutse, and the fact that the history was written in orthodox Chinese shows how these historiographers were imbued with Chinese ideas. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z
And how few fine minds are there to-day which are not rationalistic, unorthodox? The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
He has written largely on religious topics from a rationalistic standpoint. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z
All this is not only a matter of course for empiricism, which founds the whole constitution of our knowledge upon habits, but must also be granted by every rationalistic interpretation of the structure of knowledge. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
The Reformed Church meanwhile flourished, though vacillating between methodistic narrowness and rationalistic shallowness, growing both inwardly and outwardly, and also the Lutheran communities, which outside of Alsace were only thinly scattered, enjoyed great prosperity. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
On the one hand, he combated the rationalistic exegesis of Paulus, and on the other, devoted himself with all his might to the study of the Fathers. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z
I wrest from Buckle, Spencer, Tyndall, Huxley—from all the grand modern thinkers, in fact—their poetic and yet rationalistic elements! The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
From the time when I published his "Personal Narrative" of his early missionary experience at Aleppo, he grew, year by year, more rationalistic in his religious judgment. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z
A year or more ago, however, a couple of brochures from her pen appeared, that excited a tempest of criticism, at least among women, on account of their rationalistic tendency. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z
The rationalistic movement got hold more and more of the Catholic universities. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
In the university, Biblical literature was treated altogether from the rationalistic point of view. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z
It is a marvelous manual of rationalistic philosophy and scientific morality. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z
This was used by the French encyclopædists as a rationalistic explanation of the miracle which is related at the opening of this article. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z
The influence of rationalistic philosophy on the general attitude of classicism manifested itself in what may be called the gradual rationalization of all that the Renaissance gave to France. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
Of the church dogmas there is not one which he did not either set aside or rationalistically explain away. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
The nineteenth century has been distinguished by the strongly rationalistic spirit of its criticism. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
Aelian says that the story was told by ‘the children in Cos’—evidently a rationalistic supplement to the tale, dating from a time when it was no longer considered possible to take such stories seriously. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z
Thus Kant cut away the ground from under all rationalistic dogmatism; he shewed its presumptuous futility. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z
These three causes were the reaction against the Pl�iade, the second influx of the critical ideas of the Italian Renaissance, and the influence of the rationalistic philosophy of the period. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
Kant's own philosophy stood wholly outside of Christianity, on the same platform with rationalistic theology. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
A systematic statement of the rationalistic preconceptions which, when applied in matters of religion terminated in Deism, when applied in aesthetics produced Classicism. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z
Writing to Euphrates, his great enemy, that is to say the champion of pure rationalistic ethic against the science of sacred things, he says: 17. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z
The only books used by Catholics in these schools have been compiled by the late rationalistic Archbishop of Dublin, by Dr. Carlisle, a Presbyterian, and other Protestants, and are tinged with an anti-Catholic spirit. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z
Cartesianism, or at least the rationalistic spirit, humanized these rules, and imposed them on the rest of Europe. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
French philosophy of the eighteenth century had given to the Reformed church of Geneva a prevailingly rationalistic tendency. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z
In short, the volumes contained the ripest fruition of scientific and rationalistic modernity. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z
Neither the friends nor the opponents of David Powell would for an instant admit any such rationalistic suggestion. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z
The Phœnician traders of Herodotus, like the royal maiden they carried away from Argos, were banished to the nebulous region of rationalistic fable. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z
The rationalistic spirit also tended to set the seal of disapprobation on extravagances of any sort. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
Some taint of "the old Popish idolatries" survives in the blood of most of us, no matter how Protestant and rationalistic we may suppose ourselves to be. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
Then too, it may well be suggested that his theories of rhetoric were to some degree the result of his rationalistic and scientific habits of mind. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z
The Wesleyans are, to this day, the most conservative of Nonconformists, and their mystical piety was utterly opposed to the rationalistic freethinking of the Revolution. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z
But to James something so conventional and rationalistic seemed hardly experience and hardly religious; he was thinking only of irruptive visions and feelings as interpreted by the mystics who had them. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z
The rationalistic temper may be observed in critical literature almost at the very beginning of the sixteenth century. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z
“The essence of speculation remains a utopian yearning for freedom and equality which counterbalances the drab rationalistic materialism of the modern economic system with its inevitable inequalities of wealth,” he argued in his book. Those Wall Street Gamblers Might Not Be Bad After All 2010-03-20T19:52:00Z
In general, emotional Methodism was not responsive to science as a basis for rationalistic deism, although to a considerable extent Methodism and deism synchronized in their endeavor to relieve social suffering. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z
Benthamism was a rationalistic and criticizing system, which referred everything to reason and experience, and would accept nothing merely because it had become by age the centre of human confidence. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z
This may be called the rationalistic solution; with sympathy in Christ’s ethical teaching, there is relief at minimizing his great claim. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"
Scarcely had the Pietistic movement run its course before the rationalistic tendencies which had thrown religious thought into confusion in France and England began to make their appearance in Germany. The Story of Our Hymns
In this wise the controversy has gone on ever since the challenge of the old rationalistic logic by the nominalists launched the issue of empiricism and rationalism. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
But when we approach the theories of rationalistic thinkers, we find a perfect chaos of rival speculations. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus
The true greatness of Plato lay in his rationalistic idealism; his defects were mostly connected with his tendency to myth and mysticism. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
Gradually also pacifism became rationalistic rather than religious or moral. American World Policies
The book as a whole had a rationalistic tendency and was condemned by convocation: two of the essayists were suspended by the Court of Arches, but its judgment was reversed by the judicial committee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance"
Such a rationalistic doctrine can never present in an unchanged form the objects with which natural science deals in any of the stages of its investigation. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
This sound view was disseminated by the rationalistic school in its contest with the Cabbalah, and has exerted a wholesome influence upon modern Judaism. Jewish Theology
Against this rationalistic tendency to treat experience as chopped up into discontinuous static objects, radical empiricism protests. Essays in Radical Empiricism
Like the religious and emotional pacifism which preceded it, this rationalistic pacifism broke down through its sheer inapplicability to the facts of life. American World Policies
They were styled “the Septem contra Christum”—six ministers of religion combining to assail the faith they outwardly professed—seven authors of an immoral rationalistic conspiracy. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
Rashdall challenges any but a rationalistic ethics to explain fairness as contrasted with partiality of affection. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Maimonides, however, following his rationalistic method, declared them to be simply products of the imagination, the hypostases of figurative expressions which were not meant to be taken literally. Jewish Theology
Understanding backwards is, it must be confessed, a very frequent weakness of philosophers, both of the rationalistic and of the ordinary empiricist type. Essays in Radical Empiricism
Questions about the resurrection, however, had appeared, of a rationalistic nature and evincing an Hellenic failure to understand the Jewish view. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume"
Yet it belongs to the rationalistic attitude to be ready, in consistency, to analyse all one’s own convictions and listen candidly to all negations of them. Rationalism
Social psychology replaced the individualistic and overly rationalistic psychology of the early nineteenth century. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance
It is an objective and not too critical exposition of Jewish rationalistic thought in the middle ages. Jewish Theology
Thus we find that supernaturalism quite readily accepts, and even insists upon a rationalistic explanation of nature. Naturalism And Religion
The conception, passably rationalistic and not impossibly correct, veiled the beautiful allegory that was latent in the Eden myth. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal
That is to say, it is a rationalistic proposition that new truths are reached neither by deduction nor by induction, but by a leap of the judgment, by spontaneous guess or hypothesis. Rationalism
But this seems to be merely a rationalistic view of the matter. Indian Fairy Tales
According to their mystical or rationalistic viewpoint, they describe it as the result of the divine spirit, working upon the soul either from within or from without. Jewish Theology
This consisted in explaining poetic effects by reference to strictly mental processes in a tone of calm analysis eminently suited to the rationalistic temper of the age. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature
But I am impatient to leave this low rationalistic ground, and take my stand again, on the vantage ground of Faith. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
The fact is, Granny Marrable was endeavouring to suggest a rationalistic interpretation of her sister's undisguised mysticism; fever-bred, no doubt, but scarcely to be condemned as delusion outright without impugning devils, who are standard institutions. When Ghost Meets Ghost
That rationalistic notion of prophetism removes the boundaries which, according to the express statements of our Prophet, separate the Kingdom of God from heathenism. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
Side by side with this rationalistic trend, Judaism always contained a current of mysticism. Jewish Theology
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, free thought began to manifest itself in England under a rationalistic form, in a Roman catholic, Dr. Geddes, who lived 1737-1802. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion
He was joined by the rationalistic interpreters, who maintained an exclusive reference to David. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1
For the explanations given by Sallustius and Julian are never rationalistic. Five Stages of Greek Religion
It would be inappropriate were we here to take up and refute all the arguments against the genuineness of the second part, which rationalistic criticism has brought together. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
Out of Mary Magdalene we are told that Jesus cast "seven devils," which implies, rationalistically, that she was strongly hysterical. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
The numerical majority, indeed, of the German nation has either remained faithful to the Church, though without fanaticism, or has become materialistic and rationalistic. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13
The rationalistic interpreters have evidently been determined by their antipathy to any Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1
This saved the school from a great deal of that false schematization which besets most forms of rationalistic psychology. Five Stages of Greek Religion
The arguments which the Jews, and, following their example, the rationalistic interpreters, especially Gesenius, and with them Olshausen, have advanced against the Messianic explanation, prove nothing. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
For in the first place he accepts unproven assumptions and rationalistic speculations as demonstrated facts. The Church, the Schools and Evolution
Another lovely example of rationalistic "freedom from bias"! Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes
On this occasion also, it will be seen still more distinctly what the right is which rationalistic criticism has to declare this fundamental prophecy to be the recent production of an obscure poet. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1
One could easily find a rationalistic explanation of this sentiment, of course, but it is akin to a superstition entertained in some parts that wherever the moonwort flourishes the owner of the garden is honest. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore
The rationalistic interpreters labour very hard to weaken the idea of eternity. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
The new Evangelical revival, which he had largely inspired, intensified the general dissatisfaction with the rationalistic Evangelical Christian Hymnal, and called for hymns embodying the spirit of the new movement. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
Its design is to explain by a rationalistic process all the religious faiths and beliefs which have exerted the greatest influence over man, and to refer them exclusively to moral and intellectual development. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.
He also identifies it with rationalism in ethics as such, as if any rationalistic ethics, merely because it calls for some measure of discipline of the passions by "reason," is ipso facto "rigorist." A Letter to Dion
If the word pseudo-science is unknown to them, they stigmatize it as rationalistic, or still worse as materialistic and let it go at that. The Meaning of Evolution
To its rationalistic tendencies, which took offence at the clear knowledge of the Future, a welcome pretext was here offered. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
Neither priestly intolerance nor rationalistic prejudice can suppress them. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war
In its distinctive form it came into existence in the rationalistic period which accompanied the Renaissance. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Though the rationalistic teaching of the founder causes the institution to be discredited by orthodox leaders, the college has developed wonderfully, and is beginning to assume the proportions of a Muslim University. India, Its Life and Thought
Since the days of Spinoza's essay at rationalistic explanation, Bible criticism has been the wrestling-ground of the most extravagant exegesis, of bold hypotheses, and hazardous conjectures. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
It is in line with Maimonides's general rationalistic and intellectualistic point of view when he undertakes to find a reason for every commandment, where no reason is given in the Law. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
The quarrels between sects and divisions, the petty subjects which rouse the ire of the orthodox mind, the persistent quibbling over insignificant details of faith and service, have strained rationalistic patience to the breaking-point. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war
A singular contradiction it presented, for the large, square jaw was indicative of a mind keenly rationalistic, while the high, narrow forehead assuredly proclaimed the partisan and the bigot. The Doomsman
These two tendencies, the rationalistic and the historical, are everywhere found face to face. Principles Of Political Economy
At the same time rationalistic Bible exegesis was begun by Abraham ibn Ezra, an acute but reckless controversialist. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
Treating only of the rationalistic school, I did not include anything that has to do with mysticism or Kabbala. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
No purely rationalistic hypothesis will meet and satisfy the wants and yearnings of the heart. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
In reading such expressions we are strongly reminded of the poem on the “rationalistic chicken,” which would not admit that it ever came out of an egg. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6
His prayers are not crossed and frustrated by any rationalistic theories, but have the simplicity of childish directness, filial trust and full expectancy. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ
He is probably the first philosopher to offer so rationalistic an explanation, and, on that account, it merits our attention. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
Now let us take a closer glance at the rationalistic or philosophic literature to which the Jews in the middle ages fell heirs. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
The fourth is a rationalistic or "spiritualistic" philosophy, which yields pure Theism. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
If we survey the Europe of to-day with real clarity and historic comprehension, we shall see that it is precisely the most recent and the most rationalistic creations that have been ruined. What I Saw in America
The more we acquire a genuine art of discrimination amid the subtler processes of the mind the less we come to deal in formulated or rationalistic theory. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
In the Jewish Berlin of the day, a rationalistic, half-cultured generation, swaying irresolutely between Mendelssohn and Schleiermacher, these new notes awoke sympathetic echoes. Jewish Literature and Other Essays
This was a party of moderation, and tended to conciliate orthodoxy by not going too far in the direction of rationalistic thinking. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Over against this rationalistic method of Strigel and the Synergists generally, the Lutherans adhered to the principle that nothing but a clear passage of the Bible can decide a theological question. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
This effect is conspicuous in the absolutist conscience, both devotional and rationalistic, as also in the passion of love. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
It will always appear presumptuous to the dogmatic type of mind, the mind made up of rationalistic and logical exigencies, to call scepticism like this by the name of "philosophy." Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
Yes, if one looks at Christ's teaching from a rationalistic point of view, it is so. The Light Shines in Darkness
But it can scarcely lay claim to being rationalistic or philosophic, much less to being consistent. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
"Ever not quite" must be the rationalistic philosopher's last confession concerning it. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
This reduction of all values to immediate appreciations, to sensuous or vital activities, is so inevitable that it has struck even the minds most courageously rationalistic. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
On this account the rationalistic and hedonistic motives are no longer abstractly sundered, as in the days of the Stoics and Epicureans, but tend to be absorbed in broader philosophical tendencies. The Approach to Philosophy
It's all the effect of rationalism," he said; "the whole movement is rationalistic. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert
Among these rationalistic men of Germany I found conscientiousness in work as much insisted on as it could be among theologians. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
When was there ever a more curious, more meddling, bolder, keener, more penetrating, more rationalistic exercise of the reason than at that time? The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin
We see from this that Plato does not approve of a rationalistic and merely intellectual interpretation of myths. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity
Rationalism, on the other hand, tends to be absorbed in rationalistic or idealistic philosophies, where man's rational nature is construed as his bond of kinship with the universe. The Approach to Philosophy
A Bengalee Muhammadan, a graduate of Cambridge, has published a book entitled "The Life of Muhammad," which is saturated with rationalistic views. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877
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
In North Carolina, where the rationalistic Catechism of Velthusen was used, conditions were no better. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
A certainty will dawn upon us which cannot be obtained by any logical interpretation or by any attempt at rationalistic explanation. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity
This rationalistic motive was, however, not originally associated with an idealistic epistemology, but with the common-sense principle that being is discovered and not constituted by thought. The Approach to Philosophy
Such a practical and utilitarian mode of procedure, even when mixed with ghost sanction, is rationalistic. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
He made no attempt to account for her presence there on any rationalistic theory. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance
It approached an outlook theological rather than rationalistic, yet he could not deny the conception, admission. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
Reginald Scot's rationalistic interpretation of this scene may be recommended to the commentating critics who have been so much at a loss to explain it. The Superstitions of Witchcraft
There are naturalistic and individualistic tendencies in absolutism; rationalistic and ethical tendencies in naturalism; and finally the independent and spontaneous movements of personal idealism and pragmatism. The Approach to Philosophy
Wycliffe denied transubstantiation on rationalistic grounds, but his work all consisted in criticism of hierarchical abuses and of the principles which made the abuses 224possible. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
It turns upon the conditions of belief and unbelief, represented by the two interlocutors respectively, and is a terse and graphic summary of the rationalistic objections to the creed of the church. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
But then, he asked himself almost awed, in this sceptical, rationalistic age, are such semi-miraculous moral examples still possible? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
Such rationalistic interpretations could also explain in the same way through the suggestive influence in the minds of the sick, those cures which Christ effected through others without being present himself. Psychotherapy
The rationalistic motive was a quickening influence in Greek philosophy long before it became deliberate and conspicuous in Socrates and Plato. The Approach to Philosophy
The intellectual character which the frontier spawned has been described as rationalistic. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography
And the attack, on its own purely rationalistic ground, is thoroughly comprehensive. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
Christianity was not only better than the clans that rebelled against it; Christianity was more rationalistic than they were. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
This view of tragedy was mainly due to the rationalistic and classical ideas which continued for a century to dominate European criticism. The Facts About Shakespeare
But this is at the same time a particular application of the general rationalistic method of definition, and of the general rationalistic postulate that one knows nothing until one can form unitary and determinate conceptions. The Approach to Philosophy
It is this pragmatic ratio-empiricism which we imply when we use the term "rationalistic." The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography
In very early times Greece—later imitated by Rome—became resolutely rationalistic: her greatest originality lies here. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
In her later books she would have given us highly rationalistic explanations of Trabb’s boy; which we should not have read. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
It will have been hardened and narrowed by the ferocious logic of rationalistic definition. The Complex Vision
We meet here with the rationalistic strain in ethics. The Approach to Philosophy
However, on this farmer's frontier there was adequate evidence of the composite nationality, the self-reliance, the independence, and the nationalistic and rationalistic traits which Turner characterized as American. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography
The orthodox themselves were so rationalistic in principle that the whole discussion seemed to turn upon non-essential points. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century
Yet J. S. Mill, the oracle of rationalistic liberalism in Oxford and other places in the following generation, had always much to say for the Tractarians. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
To contemplate his existence at all we have to resort to pure rationalistic speculation. The Complex Vision
We meet here in its simplest form a persistent rationalistic motive, the attempt to derive the universe from the isolation and analysis of its most universal character. The Approach to Philosophy
And when, under the influence of Quitman, the New York Ministerium became rationalistic, the Pennsylvania Synod made no protest, administered no rebuke, and did not sever its fraternal relations with it. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
The kind of cosmopolitanism and internationalism that demands the final abrogation of the sentiment of patriotism is, as we have intimated, a rationalistic doctrine. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History
"Ever not quite!"—this seems to wring the very last panting word out of rationalistic philosophy's mouth. Memories and Studies
If a philosophy is so rationalistic that it refuses to lend itself to a definite and concrete expression we are justified in being more than suspicious of it. The Complex Vision
This rationalistic tendency in naturalism is balanced by a tendency which is more empirical, but equally subversive of the old ultra-naturalism. The Approach to Philosophy
The second formula for burials had a rationalistic tang. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
Neither was he affected by the rationalistic teachings of the professors. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America
"In other words, we are to adopt the conclusions of German rationalistic schools, and set aside completely the supernatural elements in the Bible." My New Curate
The philosophy of the complex vision insists that no rationalistic necessity of pure logic gives it the right to reject this natural objective spectacle. The Complex Vision
Considering Greek philosophy in its entirety, we see that it was naturalistic rather than supernaturalistic, and rationalistic rather than mystical. The Necessity of Atheism
Besides, Halle and the other German universities had grown rationalistic. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
The criticism is largely of the ipse dixit sort, and the grounds of attack are, though rationalistic, seldom rationally taken. A Hero and Some Other Folks
But on the other hand he has also adopted from Irenæus the mystical conception of redemption—the constitution of Christ is the redemption—though with a rationalistic explanation. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
It is an expression of reality which comes much nearer to reality than any rationalistic system can possibly do. The Complex Vision
He was the first great representative of the modern secular and rationalistic spirit. The Necessity of Atheism
Many of the books coming from Helmstedt were of a rationalistic character. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod
The Gnosis is free from the rationalistic interest in the sense of natural religion. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
The two conceptions opposed to it, that of the early Christian eschatology and the rationalistic one, were still in vogue. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
The thin, rigid, artificial outlines of purely rationalistic systems can never be expressed in ritual or symbol or drama, not because they are too intricate, but because they are not intricate enough. The Complex Vision
If the reactionary dogmaticians may speculate to remove errors from the text, the rationalistic critics may also speculate with regard to the original text in a way that would make havoc with scholastic theology. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891
But the rationalistic method is here applied quite wrong as regards the production of a drama. George Bernard Shaw
In the first place, there is no mistaking a certain latitudinarianism in several prominent theologians of the rationalistic tendency. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
The mythological idea of the invading sway of the demons is really the only interruption of the rationalistic scheme. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
The philosophy of the complex vision, just because it is the philosophy of personality, must inevitably use images which appear to the rationalistic mind as naive and childish and ridiculous. The Complex Vision
But the rationalistic version never found much favour, and the Athenian potter was always sure of a market for his vases with pictures of the bull-headed Minotaur falling to the sword of the national hero. The Sea-Kings of Crete
But this culture, while nominally religious, is highly rationalistic in practice. Police Operation
It first began to be treated with thoroughness when the historical and critical interests had become more powerful than the rationalistic. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)
To say that Calvinism, uncompromising and bare of adornment, appealed particularly to the dour, dry, rationalistic Scot, is at best but a half truth and at worst a begging of the question. The Age of the Reformation
For the remote conclusions of a purely logical and rationalistic philosophy are made to appear much less simple than they really are by reason of their use of remote technical terms. The Complex Vision
He looked upon the purpose of the other as essentially rationalistic, Pelagian, and pagan. Lectures on Modern history
This rather abrupt twist of the rationalistic mind in the direction of arbitrary power, certainly weakened the Liberal movement from within. The Victorian Age in Literature
Outside the Church, this procedure is not always followed, because of the rationalistic tendencies of latter-day Protestantism. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Not so M. Bergson; he is not so simple as to invoke the malicious criticism of knowledge in order to go on thinking rationalistically. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion
This is the fateful error of the modern theory of love, a rationalistic, metaphysical abstraction, which touches no corresponding chord in the human soul. The Evolution of Love
By all rule of rationalistic analogy they ought to have been less "ecclesiastical," but in some respects they are more so. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself
It is a rationalistic plan, aiming neither at mystery nor aspiration. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888
In form his theology and ethics were strictly rationalistic; yet one who was a Deist in philosophy might remain a Christian in religion. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays
A rationalistic Jew, accustomed to take strange gods for deified men or for demons, would consider all these figurative representations as idols. The Life of Jesus
Wesley's resistance to a strict application of authority and the rules grew partly out of the rationalistic and empirical temper of Englishmen in his age, but it also sprang from his learning. Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697)
With a distinctly rationalistic temper, he was yet a faithful, if independent, son of the Roman Church. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
It is assumed by the rationalistic critics that we have entered a new era, that the Bible has never been studied until within recent years. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
In those same years books of more or less marked rationalistic tendency were put forth by the Oriel School. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
Nowhere, except in the churches which make a rationalistic and abstract appeal, and in the Ethical Societies, does one find a preponderance of men. Woman in Modern Society
Yet among probably millions of Buddhists, especially of certain sects, the Nichiren for example, and even among the rationalistic Confucians, there are fetich-worshippers. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
A Socinian during all the years in which vivid and never-to-be-obliterated impressions are received, he could not entirely free himself from those rationalistic tendencies which had insensibly incorporated themselves with all his religious opinions. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends
We may not shut our eyes to the fact that many of our colleges are more or less infected with this rationalistic criticism. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
Historically, the rationalistic movement was the necessary preliminary for the modern period of European civilization as distinguished from the ecclesiastically and theologically determined culture which had prevailed up to that time. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
It marks a collision between the old principle of Lewis XIV., of the Bartholomew Massacre, of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and the new rationalistic principle of spiritual emancipation. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
The Hindus of the rationalistic age made original discoveries. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
His ideas of deity were cold and rationalistic, but they were pure and lofty. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
He rejects, at once, the rationalistic explanation, which turns these gods into eminent men,—sea-captains, etc. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology
In virtue of this, German pietism was able, among influential persons, to present victorious opposition to the merely secular tendencies of the rationalistic movement. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
He is a sentimentalist in the rationalistic century, not with the sentimentalism of misanthropy, such as fired or soured Rousseau, but social, large-hearted, many-sided, careless of the wise rigours of morality. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
A superficial knowledge of the materialistic or rationalistic theories, which were propagated respectively by the Epicurean and Stoic schools, was made the excuse for indifference to the law. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
Moreover, Buddhism and other forms of rationalistic philosophy, after prolonged and thorough experiment, had also failed. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
Infallibility, a notion of Hellenic origin, is in its essence a rationalistic category. Tragic Sense Of Life
It was a fashionable society composed of persons more or less of the rationalistic school. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
Whether Diderot had himself advanced definitely to the dogma of atheism at this time or not, it is certain that the Encyclopædia represents only the phase of rationalistic scepticism. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
Browning's 'orthodoxy' brought him into many a combat with his rationalistic friends, some of whom could hardly believe that he took his doctrine seriously. Life of Robert Browning
Buddha became an undoubted atheist or agnostic, and six distinct schools of philosophy arose on the basis of the Upanishads—some of which were purely rationalistic, some were conservative, others radical. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
And this they now describe by a scientific and very rationalistic term—namely, entropia. Tragic Sense Of Life
In one way it was the answer of a profoundly religious nature to the triviality and effrontery into which the great rationalistic movement had run out. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
The objective propositions of a creed with supernatural pretensions can never be demonstrated from natural or rationalistic premisses. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
As for their theology, it is of that honest, downright and popular kind, which in these rationalistic days is probably quite as useful as any other form of theological thought.  Reviews
We have merely alluded to the rationalistic reaction of the philosophers and the Buddhists. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
Such is the Christian Trinity, whose deepest sense rationalistic deism has scarcely ever succeeded in understanding, that deism, which though more or less impregnated with Christianity, always remains Unitarian or Socinian. Tragic Sense Of Life
The centre of the rationalistic movement had, however, long since passed from England to the Continent. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
The rationalistic historian has seldom done justice to the services which this great Order rendered to European civilisation. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
He has, at any rate, the credit of being a purely rationalistic historian, perhaps the only one in Roman literature.  Miscellanies
His conception of Taou, or Reason, was rationalistic, certainly, yet he invested it with all the attributes of personality, as the word "Wisdom" is sometimes used in the Old Testament. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
Half their soil is hard chalk or a rationalistic sand, only suitable for bunkers and villa foundations. Mr. Britling Sees It Through
It had rested faith in an essentially rationalistic manner upon supposed facts in nature and alleged events of history in connection with the revelation. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
Almost every letter reminds us that we are in the very height of the disputing, arguing, rationalistic century. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
In fact, the rationalistic explanation of the whole thing is patent and on the surface. The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
The appeal in what seems to you these childish manoeuvres is to a finer, because to a more intimately poetic, sense of things than the merely rationalistic appeal of very modern plays. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory
On the basis of a rationalistic criticism, this quality of exhaustlessness is really inexplicable. The Jericho Road
Anyhow with the failure of Zionism would fall the last and best attempt at a rationalistic theory of the Jew. The New Jerusalem
In 1837 he was settled at West Roxbury as a Unitarian minister, but the development of his views in a rationalistic direction gradually separated him from the more conservative portion of his co-religionists. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
He must not assume that his own mind is the great fountain of wisdom, and seek to clear up his doubts and darkness by the rationalistic method of self-illumination. Sermons to the Natural Man
Hence the reäction of the rationalistic critic against the materialism and literalism of sacred verities. Simon Magus
Moreover, the dynamic spiritual process cannot be comprehended by conceptual thought, by the categories of a rationalistic science and philosophy, but only by itself, by the living experience of a free agent. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
In this sense indeed the Crusade was not rationalistic, if the rat is the only rationalist. The New Jerusalem
That method was essentially rationalistic in two ways. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty
He began to read upon the most recent German theology, with the result that he was completely swept off his feet by the rationalistic New Theology, Higher Criticism, etc. In His Image
This has been the error of all rationalistic critics of the world bibles. Simon Magus
Schleiermacher's conception of religion is opposed to the rationalistic theology of the eighteenth century, as well as to the Kantian moral theology which has remained popular in Germany to this day. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
Now the whole of the rationalistic doubt about the Palestinian legends, from its rise in the early eighteenth century out of the last movements of the Renascence, was founded on the fixity of facts. The New Jerusalem
The pedants of the Pigtail, on the other hand, were the prophets of the pipe-clay, the bureaucracy, the rationalistic mechanical training of young and old in church and school. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
The spirit of the institution was rationalistic and the discipline wholesome. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
He had probably received little religious training from his mother, who belonged to the rationalistic school of thought. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
The German Enlightenment, the new humanism, mysticism, pietism, and the faith-philosophy were all interested in the human soul, and unwilling to sacrifice it to the demands of a rationalistic science or metaphysics. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
Such a system of walls and gates, like many other things thought rude and primitive, is really very rationalistic. The New Jerusalem
By far the greater part of the older chamber-music of the eighteenth century has for our ear something soberly rationalistic. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Here once more his rationalistic, critical spirit brought him into trouble with the bigoted, licentious monks. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
They were all profoundly dissatisfied with the rationalistic religion preached by the clergy at that time, and aimed at greater inwardness and depth of religious feeling. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
Neither ask History whether the esthetic education and the rationalistic culture of the understanding, of the fore-world, concentrated upon a few single points, may not have far exceeded, in degree, that of modern times. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English
Theology is only thought applied to religion; and those who prefer a thoughtless religion need not be so very disdainful of others with a more rationalistic taste. The New Jerusalem
Predominantly rationalistic, he labored at the symbolistic vision of Romanticism; preëminently a man of prose, he endeavored all his life to be a great poet. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
It mirrors the intellectual doubtings, the spiritual yearnings and despairs of a strenuous and pure soul in a rationalistic atmosphere. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
The Germans call the whole New England theology rationalistic, in distinction from traditional. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858
Moreover, it is open to more than one rationalistic interpretation. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England
The great need in modern culture, which is scientific in method, rationalistic in spirit, and utilitarian in purpose, is to find some effective agency for cherishing within us the ideal. Studies in Literature
The rationalistic ideal: propositions self-securing by means of double negation, 101. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
We mean the present position of the Church of Rome with that great rationalistic movement with which we, too, are called to contend. Famous Reviews
The Cartesian school, as a whole, however, exhibits a tendency toward mysticism, which was concealed to a greater or less extent by the rationalistic need for clear concepts, but never entirely suppressed. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
Consequently it left unimpaired the scope of informational and abstract, or "rationalistic" studies. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
How really strange, at base, it was with him may, I think, be shown by a reference to those passages where he applies rationalistic tests to matters connected with religion. Essays and Lectures
May not satisfaction with the rationalistic absolute as the alpha and omega, and treatment of it in all its abstraction as an adequate religious object, argue a certain native poverty of mental demand? A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
Browning's `orthodoxy' brought him into many a combat   with his rationalistic friends, some of whom could hardly believe   that he took his doctrine seriously. Life of Robert Browning
In this investigation the question of the divine revelation of dogma and ceremonial laws is neither supra-rationalistically affirmed nor naturalistically derived, but rationalistically treated as an open question. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
It started from what was essentially the rationalistic philosophy of Descartes and his French successors. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
He has, at any rate, the credit of being a purely rationalistic historian, perhaps the only one in Roman literature. Essays and Lectures
His philosophy pretends, if anything, to give a better insight into truth than rationalistic philosophies give: yet what is it in itself if not a conceptual system? A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
This inferiority of the rationalistic level in founding belief is just as manifest when rationalism argues for religion as when it argues against it. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
The Kantian theory of religion is rationalistic and moralistic. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
As to the other great animals mentioned in Scripture, he is so rationalistic as to admit that behemoth was an elephant and leviathan a whale. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Men take thought and ponder rationalistically, touching remote things—things that only theoretically matter, such as the transit of Venus. Heretics
I think you will admit that he makes it more thickly alive than do the other philosophers who, following rationalistic methods solely, gain the same results, but only in the thinnest outlines. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
The truly rationalistic Jacobin would be incomprehensible, and would merely make reason despair. The Psychology of Revolution
The English aesthetics was sensational, the German, i.e., that of the Wolffian school, rationalistic. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
Nor is he more happy in his rationalistic explanations of the whole mass of myths. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Once Philip asked him a question, which he had heard his uncle put when the conversation at the vicarage had fallen upon some mildly rationalistic work which was then exciting discussion in the newspapers. Of Human Bondage
There is something really weird and uncanny in the contrast between the abstract pretensions of rationalism and what rationalistic methods concretely can do. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
Nevertheless, I was glad to shove aside this rationalistic interpretation: on the verge of drowning, I magnified the straw to a lifeboat, and caught at it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862
With his energetic but short-breathed thinking, he did not succeed in fusing the rationalistic elements received from foreign sources with these native tendencies, so as to produce a unified system. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
Those that remained were simply a few relatives of the same clan and others like them, who eventually left after the completion of the three days' rationalistic liturgies. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
The Prince maintains a sensible, rationalistic attitude, asks many questions, puts this and that together and finally concludes that Armenian and Sicilian are two charlatans working In collusion. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
Note 1, page 250.—For a more explicit vindication of the notion of activity, see Appendix B, where I try to defend its recognition as a definite form of immediate experience against its rationalistic critics. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
And so Father Uriel, who never wanted to be behind the times, became a rationalistic Christian, who was given the thankless task of combating Rationalism and himself. The Road to Damascus
That which most of all separates him from the mediaeval scholastics of his own people, is his rationalistic conviction that God can be known. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
His philosophy awakened the rationalistic spirit in all who accepted it, so that many of his disciples went much farther than he did himself. Unitarianism in America
For Schiller's contemporaries, aweary of rationalistic narrowness and reaching out after new sources of inspiration, the Religion of Art had the great advantage of novelty. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
Rationalism, you remember, is what I called the way of thinking that methodically subordinates parts to wholes, so Hegel here is rationalistic through and through. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
Because Christianity from this rationalistic point of view is a Christianity of dignity, not of humility. Amiel's Journal
But his work aroused much opposition both in England and Ireland, as there were many statements in the book which were capable of a rationalistic interpretation. Books Fatal to Their Authors
One of the rationalistic followers of Locke was Samuel Clarke, who attempted to apply the scientific methods of Newton to the interpretation of Christianity. Unitarianism in America
For the old Puritan belief is true, though the modern rationalistic mutilations of it are false, 'God hath more light yet to break forth'—and our modern men stop there. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
Fechner's great instrument for vivifying the daylight view is analogy; not a rationalistic argument is to be found in all his many pages—only reasonings like those which men continually use in practical life. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
In spite of my admiration for Mill's philosophical works, I was obliged to hold to the rationalistic theory of cognition; Mill obstinately held to the empiric. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
Now I have never seen any rationalistic idealists do this. Tremendous Trifles
He interpreted the doctrine of the Trinity in a rationalistic manner, holding to its form, but rejecting its substance. Unitarianism in America
If he can prove this, we must acknowledge that, not the rationalistic philosopher, but the poet, grasps reality in toto. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years
The tone of Fechner's empiricist pantheism contrasted with that of the rationalistic sort, 144. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
The priest, the before-mentioned Pastor Ussing, a little, nervous, intelligent and unworldly man, was a pious dreamer, whose religion was entirely rationalistic. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
What is a minute ago, rationalistically considered, except a tradition and a picture? Tremendous Trifles
They had a deep, serious, and spiritual faith, that was intellectual without being rationalistic, marked by strong common sense, and vigorous with moral integrity. Unitarianism in America
Such a poet finds the rigid ethical system of a rationalistic philosophy as uncharacteristic of the actual fluidity of the world as ever Cratylus did. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years
Such being the intellectual bias of the age, a sober, rationalistic philosophy could not assert itself. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
So far from deserving a reputation for casuistry, modern Hebrew literature is, if anything, distinctly rationalistic in character. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
Only this coarse, rank, real love of men seems to be entirely lacking in those who propose the love of humanity as a substitute for all other love; honourable, rationalistic idealists. Tremendous Trifles
The reason for this was the same in the later as in the earlier period, that a predominant social conservatism held them aloof from all that was intellectually aggressive and theologically rationalistic. Unitarianism in America
One of the select few, in breadth of views as in position, he espoused the rationalistic opinions advocated by the Scipionic circle, and applied them with more warmth than judgment to the ancient legends. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
The rationalistic philosophy of the Spanish Jews was there proclaimed ex cathedra. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
But in his mind, rationalistic and logical to the point of dryness, there was a secluded recess pervaded with melancholy and real feeling. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
The rationalistic liberalism of Unitarianism has largely permeated New England Protestantism. To Infidelity and Back
He gathered round him on the Mount of Ste. Geneviève, just outside Paris, a large band of students, in whom he inculcated his rationalistic methods. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304
In literature, both prose and verse, the rationalistic and practical spirit showed itself in the enthroning above everything else of the principles of utility and common sense in substance and straightforward directness in style. A History of English Literature
For the descendants of Philo and Maimonides the rationalistic movement of the eighteenth century was in part a repetition of a well-known historical process. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
It contained an annihilating criticism of the doctrine of the Atonement, an explicit rejection of original sin, and a rationalistic discussion of the question of God’s existence. A History of Freedom of Thought
Look at the destructive ravages of rationalistic criticism of the Bible. To Infidelity and Back
And his treatment of the subject in the "Notes" shews how entirely he took a rationalistic view of the whole question. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
This was the period of the Oxford Movement, and Arnold was much impressed by Newman's fervor and charm, but was already too rationalistic in thought to sympathize with his views. A History of English Literature
For rationalistic clarity and breadth of view no counterpart to the religio-philosophic doctrine which he formulated can be found in the whole extent of medieval literature. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
The movement bids fair to be a powerful influence in diffusing rationalistic thought. A History of Freedom of Thought
Let me give you a few samples of the reasoning of rationalistic criticism as exhibited by its strongest advocates. To Infidelity and Back
No religion seemed to find favor with him except that of a practical and rationalistic order. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders
In the first place, he gave an impulse to rationalistic inquiries in Germany; and many there are who think this was a good thing. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers
The Kabbala, with its mist-shrouded symbolism, so grateful to the feelings and the imagination, chimed in better than rationalistic philosophy with the depressed humor under which the greater part of the Jews were then laboring. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
Lord Morley has observed that “the force of speculative literature always hangs on practical opportuneness,” and this remark is illustrated by the rationalistic literature of the seventies. A History of Freedom of Thought
Being of a rationalistic turn of mind, I was naturally very favorably impressed with Unitarianism and its teaching. To Infidelity and Back
She was more emancipated from the ideas of her superstitious age than even the bold and rationalistic philosopher. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women
There always have been, and probably ever will be, sceptical and rationalistic people, even in the bosom of the Church. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity
Another force antagonistic to rationalistic philosophy was the Rabbinism transplanted from France and Germany. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history
Germany felt the influence of the English Deists, of the French freethinkers, and of Spinoza; but in the German rationalistic propaganda of this period there is nothing very original or interesting. A History of Freedom of Thought
I learned many things that have been a benediction to my life ever since, but you will see later on how far it satisfied my rationalistic proclivities. To Infidelity and Back
Buddhism is essentially rationalistic and ethical, while Brahmanism is a pantheistic tendency to polytheism, and ritualistic even to the most offensive sacerdotalism. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations
In Egypt such a man is nowadays already considered as one of those more conservative moderns, who prefer the rationalistic explanation of the Azhar lore to putting it aside altogether. Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State
The whole temper of mind, begotten and matured by the rationalistic school, is self-sufficient: every man his own prophet, priest, and king; every man his own philosopher. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)
It was not, however, in direct rationalistic propaganda, but in literature and philosophy, that the German enlightenment of this century expressed itself. A History of Freedom of Thought
My rationalistic proclivities were given a free rein. To Infidelity and Back
A church without a spiritual power, is inconceivable; nor can it pass away, even before the material tendencies of a proud and rationalistic civilization. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
He took a rationalistic view of the Moslem military power. The Emancipation of Massachusetts
He successfully opposed the rationalistic thought of the earlier nineteenth century with his simple exposition of Christianity according to the pure teachings of Jesus. Poems and Songs
The plan was to favour the growth of new rationalistic cults, and to undermine revealed religion by a secular system of education. A History of Freedom of Thought
So the conclusion to which my rationalistic guide finally led me was that I must sit down and die or be irrational. To Infidelity and Back
The Homeric poems show a natural beauty and simplicity more attractive than the rationalistic character of the Athenians in the time of Socrates. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
In other words, the only proofs Origin can bring forth against the rationalistic criticism of Celsus is, that to deny Jesus would be equivalent to denying both the Pagan and Jewish mythologies. The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?
The great rationalistic scholar, DeWette, confessed candidly that the rendering the revisers here adopted cannot be defended. The Great Doctrines of the Bible
But the principles on which Hobbes built up his theory were rationalistic. A History of Freedom of Thought
But while many ministers are not much injured apparently by their rationalistic taint, many others are, and all are more or less. To Infidelity and Back
But its dangerous seeds remained to germinate a rationalistic theology, especially when united with the Neo-Platonic philosophy. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
"Yet you applaud tyrannicide," said the stranger with rationalistic gaiety. The Ball and the Cross
You find empiricism with inhumanism and irreligion; or else you find a rationalistic philosophy that indeed may call itself religious, but that keeps out of all definite touch with concrete facts and joys and sorrows. Pragmatism
In other words, there was a strong rationalistic element which was lacking in the Trinitarian creeds. A History of Freedom of Thought
The same fundamental reasons that led the rationalistic critics in the evangelical churches to their present conclusions will inevitably and logically lead to the Unitarian conclusions, whenever preconceived ideas and inherited prejudices are sufficiently relaxed. To Infidelity and Back
The Jehovist narrative does shine by the absence of all efforts after rationalistic explanation, by its contempt for every kind of cosmological speculation. Prolegomena
"Oh!" said the monk, a wrinkle coming into his forehead, "so you think that in a rationalistic scheme of symbolism the ball should be on top of the cross?" The Ball and the Cross
Why does Spencer call out so much reverence in spite of his weakness in rationalistic eyes? Pragmatism
His rationalistic opinions were indeed brought up against him, but he was successful, though the majority of the constituents were orthodox. A History of Freedom of Thought
I have shown that the same rationalistic objections that are brought against facts revealed in the Bible can be brought against facts revealed in nature. To Infidelity and Back
The influence of the subversive and rationalistic thinkers in bringing about the events of 1789 has been variously estimated by historians. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth
It follows that idealism—at least problematical idealism, is perfectly unavoidable in this rationalistic system. The Critique of Pure Reason
I should not mention this, but for the fact that it throws so much sidelight upon that rationalistic temper to which I have opposed the temper of pragmatism. Pragmatism
A new rationalistic religion was introduced under the name of Theophilanthropy. A History of Freedom of Thought
His father harbored some rationalistic ideas which were even more pronounced in Mozart, so that he formed his own opinion concerning ecclesiastical ceremonies and occasionally disregarded them. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words
In this last case it is obvious that a rationalistic explanation of the taboo is impossible. The Golden Bough
In that second of frantic unreasoning terror he received a conviction of God that no rationalistic training in later years was able to remove. Jeremy
It is eminently a product of what I have ventured to call the rationalistic temper. Pragmatism
The official Church became less fanatical; many of its leading divines were influenced by rationalistic thought. A History of Freedom of Thought
But rapacity formed only one characteristic of the Scandinavians; the mind of the people, moreover, showed itself, notwithstanding the intricate and monstrous mythology which it had created when pagan, of a rationalistic and anti-supernatural tendency. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
The rationalistic theory of them therefore breaks down entirely; the hypothesis of superstition is clearly the only one open to us. The Golden Bough
The rationalistic party prevailed in Pennsylvania all through the colonial period. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware
Most persons who believe in what is called their free-will do so after the rationalistic fashion. Pragmatism
The latter had travelled much, and was thoroughly imbued with the liberal and rationalistic spirit of the age. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1
There is no rationalistic tendency in their character. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
A faint rationalistic colour was given to the legend by saying that his mother was a woman named Myrrh, who had been turned into a myrrh-tree soon after she had conceived the child. The Golden Bough
There was always among the Quakers a rationalistic party and a party of mysticism. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware
But the Schiller-Dewey view of truth has been so ferociously attacked by rationalistic philosophers, and so abominably misunderstood, that here, if anywhere, is the point where a clear and simple statement should be made. Pragmatism
Such a line of defence, attempting as it did to remove religion from the arena of intellectual discussion, thereby evading most of the objections put forward by the rationalistic school, was a dangerous one. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1
And all the points well considered, which, after all, is the better, the simply traditional or strictly rationalistic nature? Irish Race in the Past and the Present
He was familiar with the trend of the rationalistic movement. A History of the Moravian Church
A rationalistic or sceptical tendency has been the accompaniment of medical training in all ages. A History of Science — Volume 1
With 'truth' most people go over the border entirely, and treat the rationalistic account as self-evident. Pragmatism
The system of Zwingli was much more rationalistic and, in a certain sense, much more logical than that of Luther. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1
They never refine their discussions to hair-splitting, synonymous almost with rejection, as seems to be the delight of what we call rationalistic races. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
But advanced views about the Bible were not the main feature of the rationalistic movement. A History of the Moravian Church
Even at a very early day such men as Xenophanes, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, and Plato attained to a singularly rationalistic conception of the universe. A History of Science — Volume 1
The whole clash of rationalistic and empiricist religion is thus over the validity of possibility. Pragmatism
The bishop's architectural tastes, on the other hand, were rationalistic. Soul of a Bishop
People thus disposed have nothing rationalistic in their nature; they accept old facts; and, if they reason upon them, it is to find proofs to support, not motives to doubt them. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
In spite of their opposition to rationalistic doctrine the Brethren kept in friendly touch with the leading rationalist preachers. A History of the Moravian Church
This knowledge obliges us to have more respect for the old superstition concerning the meaning of dreams, a respect which is far to seek in our present-day rationalistic era. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
With 'strength' we are, I think, more rationalistic still, and decidedly inclined to treat it as an excellence pre-existing in the man and explanatory of the herculean performances of his muscles. Pragmatism
THE Truth: what a perfect idol of the rationalistic mind! Pragmatism
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