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Rationalism

Thinkers and essays gathered around this school of thought.

5Thinkers
2Thoughts
18Major Works
7Archive Entries
Early Modern · MedievalTime Period
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Ibn Rushd

Defends reason, interpretation, law, and philosophical inquiry while clarifying Aristotle’s influence in Islamic and European thought.

“Ignorance leads to fear.”
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1138–1204

Maimonides

Bridges reason, law, ethics, theology, medicine, and negative theology with disciplined intellectual humility.

Jewish Thought · Medieval Philosophy · Rationalism
1126–1198

Ibn Rushd

Defends reason, interpretation, law, and philosophical inquiry while clarifying Aristotle’s influence in Islamic and European thought.

Islamic Philosophy · Medieval Philosophy · Political Philosophy
1596–1650

René Descartes

Uses radical doubt, clarity, mind-body questions, and rational foundations to examine knowledge and certainty.

Metaphysics · Modern Philosophy · Rationalism
1632–1677

Baruch Spinoza

Explores God or Nature, freedom, emotion, ethics, necessity, and human flourishing through geometric reasoning.

Ethics · Metaphysics · Modern Philosophy
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