It's wrong to look at what we call 'Enlightenment values' as some fad of the 18th century. It's deeply rooted in ancient history.
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If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take.
Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.
It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.
The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.