This is an interesting term, because most "Enlightenment" values have nothing to do with the Enlightenment, nor did have acceptance during that period.
But what are those so-called Enlightenment values? It seems to me that's just a synonymous for secular humanism.
The values of the Enlightenment were (a) make polite and (b) deconstruction, specifically the idea that each human is a god in his or her own sphere.
Rationalism is a very fancy term for materialism and individualism glommed together into one potent virus.
15 March 2011 at 02:03
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How sick I am of hearing people say that they adhere to 'Enlightenment values'!
What nonsense!
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What was the Enlightenment but a bunch of intellectuals (albeit, some being creative geniuses - for what that is worth) abstractly theorizing along the lines of: wouldn't it be pleasant and useful if...?
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What was the Enlightenment but an extremely brief and unsustainable cultural transition between much more lasting cultural types?
"The nonsense of 'enlightenment values'"
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This is an interesting term, because most "Enlightenment" values have nothing to do with the Enlightenment, nor did have acceptance during that period.
But what are those so-called Enlightenment values? It seems to me that's just a synonymous for secular humanism.
Reminds me of "Judeo-Christian."
23 January 2011 at 22:37
@Dirichlet:
The values of the Enlightenment were (a) make polite and (b) deconstruction, specifically the idea that each human is a god in his or her own sphere.
Rationalism is a very fancy term for materialism and individualism glommed together into one potent virus.
15 March 2011 at 02:03