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Rationalism. The Age of Reason, or _____________began in __________with the philosophers and __________of the 17 th and ____ th centuries who called themselves__________________.
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Rationalism • The Age of Reason, or _____________began in __________with the philosophers and __________of the 17th and ____thcenturies who called themselves__________________. • Rationalism-the belief that ____________ ____________can arrive at ________ by using reason, rather than by relying on the __________ of the past, on ___________ faith, or on ___________ (instinct).
Rationalists saw __________ as the creator of the universe who set it to run on its _______. They compared God to a __________ ________. • ________________ believed that God’s special gift to humanity is ___________-the ability to think in an ordered, ____________ manner. • They believed that ________ enabled them to discover _____________ and __________ truths • Rationalists felt it _________ that God would choose to _________ himself at only particular _________ to ___________ people. • Most of the literature written in the colonies was rooted in _________. Much of the literature was in __________ to serve practical or _________ purposes.