rationalist
IPA: rˈæʃʌnʌɫɪst
noun
- A person who follows the philosophy of rationalism
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Examples of "rationalist" in Sentences
- Burke was a conservative rationalist, which is something like an altruistic pessimist.
- What seems to go hand-in-hand with this definition of SF as profoundly rationalist is the application of an oppositional definition as regards Fantasy.
- This led them to adopt the intellectualist thesis, or what we would call the rationalist thesis, regarding the mind's perception of metaphysical essences.
- What disturbs the so-called rationalist in the mystic's attitude is his propensity to see mysteries where there are none and to fail to see those that we cannot possibly escape.
- Within one century the world has seen traditional religion fail, to be replaced by "rationalist" ideologies that often proved more weird and sinister than the most arcane supernaturalism.
- I would have no objection, for example, to being labeled a "rationalist" because that implies a methodology used in evaluating issues rather than a pre-determined position on any given subject.
- JONATHAN (bounding up, tossing his long hair aloft, and pacing up and down): A rationalist is a man who lives exclusively by his reason, which means: by the power of his mind to grasp reality, which means: by the power of his mind to think, which means: by his own power to think, which means ...
- They typically unfold with panelists praising the reemergence of Islam's "rationalist" theological school (Mu'tazilism), deriding the medieval implementation of Shariah law, and triumphantly calling for a philosophical overhaul in Muslim societies that will most certainly overcome the day's crisis.
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