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Re: What is 'Enlightenment'?

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:22 pm
by popeye1945
TruthAgenda wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:00 am
popeye1945 wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:31 pm "What is Enlightenment?" It is to shed superstition, dogmatism/religion, magical thinking and give wonder free range.
In a way. And what is the source of all superstition, dogma, doctrine, and magical thinking? Reason. (Or shall I say, thinking with words?)
A desire for certainty, without which fear grows, even the sacred ignorance of the past, many still cling to it in the present. Some I believe do so because it promises not to change, and some find stability in that.