Everyone knows that. But treating those limits as moral collapse is an evasion, allowing critics to keep the moral ...

For Immanuel Kant, the central theme of the Enlightenment—that great 18th century movement that emphasized the power of reason—was Sapere aude. This is usually translated as "Dare to know" or, more ...

Although the Enlightenment revolutionized human thought and transformed the world, it failed to produce a coherent theory of knowledge. The central reason is that the modernist systems of science and ...

The Enlightenment provides a touchstone for our understanding of modern history and, not least, for our sense of the current moment. More than two centuries ago, a shift in outlook sought to throw off ...

Here are the facts to not only outline the movement’s core beliefs, but also clear up some common misconceptions about its complicated—and at times contradictory—impact on the course of human history.

The 'Fasting Buddha' is a Gandharan masterpiece, one of the most prominent statues in the world and a valued possession of the Lahore Museum since 1894. It stands only 33 inches tall and is crafted ...

Yale political scientist Ian Shapiro admires Tom Paine, the English-born American revolutionary whose 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” galvanized support for independence from Great Britain, whose ...

Jonathan Israel’s epic defense of "Radical Enlightenment" has the dogmatic ring of a profession of faith. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Like all good liberal intellectuals of the last century, Saul Bellow’s Moses Herzog spent a great deal of time agonising over the legacy of the Enlightenment. Cuckolded and divorced, Herzog seeks to ...