[英语学习]英美概况Chapter1b.pptVIP

PHILOSOPHY of WESTERN CIVILIZATION II Greek Rationalism Rationalism: The theory that the exercise of reason, rather than the acceptance of empiricism, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the only valid basis for action or belief and that reason is the prime source of knowledge and of spiritual truth. 唯理论，理性主义认为理性分析，而不是对经验主义，权威或神灵感应是信仰和行动的源泉的理论，还认为理性是知识和精神真理的主要来源 1. The first major Greek philosopher: Thales [5Weili:z]泰利斯 Greek philosopher who is traditionally considered the first Western philosopher and a founder of geometry and abstract astronomy. He maintained that matter is comp