Francis Bacon cast "truth" as an almost impossible thing to discern, being influenced by tribal, cave, marketplace and theater influences, especially cave. The

Francis Bacon cast "truth" as an almost impossible thing to discern, being influenced by tribal, cave, marketplace and theater influences, especially cave. The Great Divide between Conservatives and Progressives is Conservatives keep pointing to truth as an unchanging thing while Progressives use "truth" as a tool to dupe fools. The Enlightenment took Western man from Revealed Religion to Natural Law to Materialistic Psychology to Self-Realization to Self-Religion. Bacon would say Western man has returned to the cave, except now, man is god.