Editing Rationalism (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[File:Avicenna Portrait on Silver Vase - Museum at BuAli Sina (Avicenna) Mausoleum - Hamadan - Western Iran (7423560860).jpg|thumb|[[Ibn Sina]] Portrait on Silver Vase]]
Although the three great Greek philosophers disagreed with one another on specific points, they all agreed that rational thought could bring to light knowledge that was self-evident{{snd}}information that humans otherwise could not know without the use of reason. After Aristotle's death, Western rationalistic thought was generally characterized by its application to theology, such as in the works of [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]], the [[Islamic philosopher]] [[Avicenna|Avicenna (Ibn Sina)]], [[Averroes|Averroes (Ibn Rushd)]], and Jewish philosopher and theologian [[Maimonides]]. The [[Waldensians]] sect also incorporated rationalism into their movement.<ref name="Heckethorn 2011 p. 139">{{cite book | last=Heckethorn | first=C.W. | title=The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries (Two Volumes in One) | publisher=Cosimo Classics | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-61640-555-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ta-GttanhRYC&pg=PA139 | access-date=2023-02-11 | page=139 | archive-date=2023-02-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211004210/https://books.google.com/books?id=ta-GttanhRYC&pg=PA139 | url-status=live }}</ref> One notable event in the Western timeline was the philosophy of [[Thomas Aquinas]] who attempted to merge Greek rationalism and Christian revelation in the thirteenth-century.<ref name="Epistemological rationalism in ancient philosophies"/><ref name="Gill">{{cite book|last=Gill|first=John|title=Andalucía : a cultural history|year=2009|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0195376104|pages=108–110}}</ref> Generally, the [[Roman Catholic Church]] viewed Rationalists as a threat, labeling them as those who "while admitting revelation, reject from the word of God whatever, in their private judgment, is inconsistent with human reason."<ref>{{cite book|chapter=[[s:Sermons from the Latins/Sermon 26|Low Sunday: Rationalism]] |title=Sermons from the Latins|year=1902|publisher= Benziger Brothers|first=Robert|last=Bellarmine|author-link=Robert Bellarmine}}</ref>