Tag Archives: Voltaire The Enlightenment

while my sword gently weeps

A shattering of certainty that had been shaky, even crumbling at best. The illusion beased on liberal enlightenment principles that peace was just at hand, and that reason and logic would bring out men’s better nature shaping a happy-ever-after ending … Continue reading

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long hot summer: praises of follies

Divorce. But who gets custody? … In the summer of 1520 a papal bull declared Luther a heretic, giving him sixty days to recant or be excommunicated. Luther’s answer was to burn the papal bull, and the canon law with … Continue reading

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tinkling the ivory: recital in the seraglio

Travel hint: Don’t mock Islamic beliefs about Paradise. Not even a John Milton connection about Paradise Lost. There are laws in Paradise, and its no place some some funky anarchist. Screw the Enlightenment. More Heidegger and less Voltaire. Although in … Continue reading

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