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First, I cannot provide the rest of the text, as posting that would be copyright infringement. If you'd like to read the book, I'm sure it is at your local library or book story. We are not required to only use online sources, and some of the best sources are only available in print. Secondly, you've
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During the course of history there have appeared three types of rationalism: atheistic, pantheistic, and theistic. Atheistic rationalism appeared first in the early Greek philosophers: Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Leucippus, and
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