Category: The Enlightenment
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Debating the Enlightenment and its Alternatives
Reading Time: 22 minutesThis is a summary and critique of a debate hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. In the videos cited below, Steven Pinker and John Mearsheimer debate the Enlightenment and its alternatives. The subtitle is, Which ideals are the best guide to human betterment?
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Was the Enlightenment Democratic?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is no question that the Enlightenment and Reformation made the United States possible. But there have always been concerns about the Enlightenment.
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Bourgeoisie Manipulation
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article proposes that we live under the influence of bourgeois (middle class) manipulation, examining how the bourgeoisie might manipulate society to serve their interests. In a previous article I questioned whether we, the voters, owe anything to the Enlightenment or to the Enlightenment’s champions, the Freemasons. Since Enlightenment ideals helped pave…