The history of philosophy is an eternal golden braid, a double helix entwining the twin ideas of empiricism and rationalism. Empiricism is the idea that all knowledge comes from the senses, while rationalism is the idea that all ideas are based in reason and rationality, and the history of philosophy is the interplay between these two ideas. In this short article Martin Lenz explains less clearly than he could how these two ideas also inform the core debates in politics and society. He sort of makes his point, and the discussion is definitely worth consideration.
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