Quotes About Enlightenment

Modernity has hitched its wagon to science, a form of discourse that challenges and undermines traditional narratives. But in order to legitimize itself, science needs a story of progress from opinion and superstition to scientific truth and on to universal peace and happiness. The Enlightenment project is inseparable from its legitimizing metanarratives.

Yes, I thought, now I see the earth as it really is; never again will I see things as I saw them yesterday or the day before.

Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn't invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was invented by Epicurus (looking back to Democritus and others) and popularized by Lucretius.

Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn't invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was invented by Epicurus (looking back to Democritus and others) and popularized by Lucretius. It wasn't and isn't a new, modern discovery. It is simply one part of one ancient worldview.

believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

Combining apocalyptic visions of God's coming kingdom, and public service within the present one, appears shocking to the Enlightenment mindset.

The point is that the resurrection, if it had occurred, would undermine not only the Enlightenment's vision of a split world but also the Enlightenment's self-congratulatory dream of world history reaching its destiny in our own day and our own systems.

I think "tolerance" is being seen for what it is, a low-grade post-Enlightenment version of "love." It is often remarked that those who hail the word "tolerance" regularly become intolerant of all other views, just as those who champion "inclusivity" regularly become increasingly exclusive toward worldviews other than their own.

Skepticism is no more "neutral" or "objective" than faith. It has thrived in the post-Enlightenment world, which didn't want God (or, in many cases, anyone else either) to be king. Saying this doesn't, of course, prove anything in itself. It just suggests that we keep an open mind and recognize that skepticism too comes with its own agenda.

I suspect, though, that part at least of the anti-Sanders backlash has come from those who are engaged, in their institutions, in the kind of 'theology versus religious studies' sniping which is part of the long-term fallout from the Enlightenment's split worldview.

The shallow social and political alternatives bequeathed to contemporary western society by the Enlightenment and its aftermath, in which every issue stands either to left or to the right on some hypothetical spectrum, and every political question can be answered in terms of 'for' or 'against' – this trivialized world of thought cannot cope with the complexities of real life either in the first or the twenty-first century.

This brings us to the second Enlightenment assumption often taken for granted today: that political beliefs and attitudes come in two packages, and that everyone has to choose one or the other.

I am not, I will not be. I have not, I will not have. This frightens all children, And kills fear in the wise.

The victorious ones have said That emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. For whomever emptiness is a view, That one has achieved nothing.

Without recourse to the conventional The ultimate cannot be shown

All the dogmatists have been terrified by the lion's roar of shunyata. Wherever they may reside, shunyata lies in wait! Nagarjuna: Master of Wisdom: Writitngs of the Buddhist Mastar Nagarjuna

Porque todo es vacuidad, todo puede ser.

El ser humano se encuentra cegado por la ignorancia y encadenado por la sed

17. Error does not develop In one who is in error. Error does not develop In one who is not in error. 18. Error does not develop In one in whom error is arising. In whom does error develop? Examine this on your own!

What can I say? I prefer to die well informed.

Know the truth," Ms. Widmer used to quote—remember we used to say it to each other?—"and the truth will make you free.

Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.

The knowledge is as good as freedom.

The understanding table of enlightenment and the ideas of which solidifies the two sides of left and right to dictate what's true and what's false! To understand the meaning of understanding takes a lot more listening than speaking!!