Abstraction Quote by William James

Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“Rationalism is false not because it seeks to express reality in rational mode, so far as this possible, but because it seeks to embrace…

— osman bakar

Nature has given to each conscious being every power she possesses, and one of these abilities is this: just as Nature converts and alters…

— Marcus Aurelius

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational…

— Marcus Aurelius

A fact which is not denied but whose truths are rationalized loses its objective base. It ceases to be concrete and becomes a myth…

— Paulo Freire

We're living in interesting times, where people seem to be able to say things which are contrary to what you would call rationalism.

— Jed Mercurio

“Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.”

— Erich Fromm

“Rational is when an act is performed based on logical grounds.”

— Duop Chak Wuol

“There comes a time when one must be strong with rationalists, for they can reduce anything whatever to dust, if they happen not to…

— Robertson Davies

“To irrational principles, one cannot be loyal. Ideas that are not derived from reality cannot be consistently practiced in reality. --as quoted by Leonard…

— Ayn Rand

“An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault.”

— Alison Weir

Rationalism, which is the feeling that everything is subject to and completely explicable by Reason, consequently rejects everything not visible and calculable.

— Francis Parker Yockey