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The belief that truth is something you think your way into, not stumble upon.
means The philosophical view that reason, not sensory experience, is the chief source of knowledge.
from From Latin ratio, reason — the same root that gives us ratio and ratify, both quietly about working things out.
Star playersDescartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz led the team.
Eternal rivalEmpiricism, which insists experience teaches everything.
Born knowingRationalists claim some ideas are innate, not learned.