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...before the Italian Inquisition stirs the minds of educated modern men second only to the picture of Socrates drinking the hemlock. That image of Galileo is out of focus, in the view of M.I.T.'s Professor Georgio de Santillana, because it has been distorted by three centuries of rationalist prejudice and clerical polemics...
...seminar on leading contemporary philosophers at New York University, Professor Sidney Hook once asked his class: "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" "Russell is a materialist," said one student. "An idealist," said another. "A realist," "a rationalist," said still others. The students quickly got the professor's point-that there was an element of truth in each of their answers. "The next time anyone asks you, 'What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?' " Professor Hook said, "the correct answer is 'What year, please?' " In his 83rd year, Bertrand Arthur William, Earl Russell is busier...
...Church. Pius X was one of the strongest Popes since the Renaissance. He left his mark on the theology of the church by cracking down hard on "modernists," who meant to water down the traditional faith of the church to make it conform to prevailing scientific and rationalist concepts. He left his mark on modern liturgy by stimulating a return to Gregorian chant. He deeply influenced contemporary Catholic life by calling for frequent communion and for the early communion of children, by developing the laymen's movement known as Catholic Action...
...matter) can easily be obtained by selective reading of newspapers and periodicals. Sponsorship on university premises of type of "education" does not in our opinion seem appropriate. It would seem that the committee of the Graduate Student Council which planned this forum was guilty of that peculiar type of "rationalist" naivete which holds that truth is in some way advanced through encouraging the clash of extremes...
...future: "Evolutionary humanism . . . firm yet flexible, simple yet rich and capable of development." He continued: "Man has the possibility of guiding change by means of conscious purpose in the light of rational experience . . . Man's past includes a primarily religious phase. We now live in a technological and rationalist age. The next phase of history could and . . . should be a humanist phase...