On Dec 26, 2013 7:23 AM, "Peter Frederick" <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > the intentions of the Founding > Fathers. They were very definitely > Rationalists, firmly (and correctly) > believing that humans are quite > capable of running their own > government without the intervention > of Supernatural Beings.
Close, but no cigar. That's not what Rationalism means. As Enlightenment thinkers go, I'd put Jefferson firmly in the opposite camp, the Empiricists. He did, however, flirt with Deism, which posits an all-powerful God as the creator of the universe--what Aristotle called the Prime Mover--but denies the possibility of personal knowledge of God or influence by Him in human affairs. Alex "gave up partway to a philosophy PhD" _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
