“"Rationalism" is a historical concept that contains within itself a world of contradictions.”
Source: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905; 1920), Ch. 2 : The "Spirit" of Capitalism
“It is a curious little world within itself”
—
Charles Darwin
,
book
The Voyage of the Beagle
About the island of Saint Helena
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839)
Source: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/entry-305
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