The Age Of Unenlightenment
August 25, 2022
"Age of Enlightenment", Christian nationalists, Donald Trump, Harriet Hagman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Justice Samuel Alito, Liz Cheney, MAGA world, Montesquieu, science and rational minds, the madness of doubling down, the nature of patriotism, Trump's fraud, Trumpists, Voltaire, when lies serve as truth, white nationalists2 Comments
According to historians, the Age of Enlightenment dominated western thinking in the 17 and 18th centuries. Coming on the heels of the Scientific Revolution, it valued evidence of the senses, individual liberty, religious tolerance, and a separation between church and state. The major
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February 20, 2014
"Age of Enlightenment", antiques, china chocolate set, heirlooms, letting go of mementos, Lisa Schwarzbaum
“How thrilling to let go of old-self images that no longer reflect the real me,” writes Lisa Schwarzbaum in her essay, “Age of Enlightenment.” (More, Feb. 2014, pg. 124) She’s describing her feelings as she disposes of clutter that once passed for mementos. Primary among the
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