Enlightment

Otherwise, your claim that it “supports the economy” is the epitome of “motherfucking pre-Enlightment Judeo-Christian reductive Judgement Day right vs. wrong zero gray area bullshit”

Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

In the 18th Century, and on, as I noted, until about 1948, monarchs and aristocratics used a mix of rationales to justify their control of society, but that social structure persisted right through the Enlightment and the Industrial Revolution even as religion, particularly in Europe, saw its social and political power wither away to nothing among the leadership elites.

Matthew Yglesias » George Orwell Was a Socialist 2010

And the more you know about the Enlightment that followed, the better you can place the sonnet in history, and its influence, and soon.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Law Schools Seek “Exciting” and “Diverse” Students? 2010

And the more you know about the Enlightment that followed, the better you can place the sonnet in history, and its influence, and soon.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Law Schools Seek “Exciting” and “Diverse” Students? 2010

Enlightment scientific rationality meets puritan morality

Contest: A Six-Word Motto for the U.S.? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Only by the standards of post-Enlightment civilization.

Rep. John Lewis Compares McCain To George Wallace 2009

On a tip from romeodistress, at said community, I looked into the British Museum's Enlightment exhibition (which seems to be ongoing since 2003).

The British Museum's new King's Library Heather McDougal 2007

On a tip from romeodistress, at said community, I looked into the British Museum's Enlightment exhibition (which seems to be ongoing since 2003).

Archive 2007-05-01 Heather McDougal 2007

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, born 1647 and so a child of the British Enlightment according to this timeline, used to urinate over the balcony at the theatre on to the crowd below.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

Incidentally, my question as to the date when the British Enlightment started was mainly rhetorical - then I realized that I did not really know the answer with any precision, so availed myself of the internet to research it (surely a manifestation of the ongoing enlightenment project in western society).

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009