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  • He became absorbed in German Rationalistic criticism, and adopted its leading principles.

    History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology 1868

  • It is eminently a product of what I have ventured to call the Rationalistic temper ....

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • "Rationalistic" have been freely used as terms of reproach by writers on religious subjects; the 73d No. of the "Tracts for the Times" is entitled, "On the introduction of Rationalistic Principles into

    The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps Thomas Arnold 1818

  • "Rationalistic metaphors about cleaning," as William T. Vollmann writes in Rising Up, Rising Down, his massive study of violence, suggest "processes which require overkill for their effectiveness to be guaranteed."

    Archive 2007-01-01 xtra 2007

  • “Scito dominum,” said Cato, “pro totâ familiâ rem divinam facere”: “No priest at a birth, no priest at a marriage, no priest at a death,” is the aspiration of the present Rationalistic School.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I should rather regard this Rationalistic terminology as somewhat foreign to Hedonism.

    Henry Sidgwick Schultz, Barton 2006

  • Rationalistic architecture became a second refuge when the temple of art, revealing its own truth content, ceased to provide comfort.

    Cultural Hothouse Schorske, Carl E. 1975

  • They all had been feted by the smart sceptical set and they carried back to France this species of Deism called Rationalistic Naturalism, or more accurately, Rationalistic Materialism, and there it finally issued in the holocaust and bloodshed, known as the "Reign of Terror."

    Why Britain Still Leads 1940

  • In reality, it was the age of Rationalistic Materialism and Futilitarian Fatalism.

    Why Britain Still Leads 1940

  • In 1761 he was removed from this position on account of his Rationalistic opinions and appointed professor in a school at Altona.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

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