Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
from 1984 by George Orwell
Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Topic: “Rationalism”
🔎 Lexicon containing “Rationalism”
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Rationalism
The belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge and truth.
💬 Quote Library — containing “Rationalism”
📖 Excerpts Library
They Merely Refused to Believe That It Was Divine Meddling
This is not to say that the new wave of philosophers necessarily wanted to deny the existence of the gods, rather that they merely refused to believe that it was divine meddling that was responsible for natural phenomena.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
The Growing Dominance of the Ego
What sets the mental-rational structure apart from the previous three structures is that it is the most separated from “Origin.” In it, human consciousness, which had previously felt a fundamental connection to the world around it, was now unattached and...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
The Mental-Rational Structure Is Focused on Words
As its name suggests, the mental-rational structure, which Gebser believed began circa 1225 B.C., is characterized by rational, discursive thought, the kind of logical, sequential thinking associated with the left brain. Whereas the previous structure of consciousness, the mythic, is...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
