rationalism
Example Sentences
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After the Renaissance, the central guiding myth became a belief in rationalism; then, in modernity, a belief that technology might improve the lot of all humans.
From Salon
Munger said he approaches designing buildings as he would investing: with extreme rationalism.
From Seattle Times
In a liberal democracy whose primary tenet is rationalism, it is clear that malignant normality is an aberration that threatens the organization of society.
From Salon
“You’re supposed to speak of it certain ways. It’s not subject to Enlightenment rationalism. It’s to be inhabited. They’re trying to keep it from being reduced to human logic.”
From Washington Post
For many artists after 1945, the objectivist, photographic rationalism advocated by Benjamin is the only truly moral art after Nazism.
From The Guardian
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