Rationalism, Rationalism

This is commonly called continental rationalism , because it was predominant in the continental schools of Europe, whereas in Britain empiricism dominated.

True rationalism is therefore not simply an intellectual process, but a shift in perception and a shift in the qualitative nature of the person. The rational soul perceives the world in a spiritual manner - it sees the Platonic Forms - the essence of what things are. To know the world in this way requires that one first know oneself as a soul, hence the requirement to 'know thyself', i.e. to know who you truly are.

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