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I think it's entirely fair. The article sets up rationality as the destructive value. >René Descartes (1596-1650) is often attributed as the one who blessed us
by ETH_start 2y ago
I think it's entirely fair. The article sets up rationality as the destructive value.
>René Descartes (1596-1650) is often attributed as the one who blessed us with the dubious vision of mind-body dualism, but he was just playing into an emergent spirit of the times that was beginning to view rational thought as the true essence of humanity.
- TheOtherHobbes 2y agoThe Enlightenment was a first attempt to grow beyond centuries of monstrous, irrational, suicidally destructive monarchy and religious dictatorship. While rationality has limits and a complex relationship with the body, it's still far more likely to keep you alive and healthy than a nostalgic hankering for a strong father figure and a thin pretext for bullying empathic effective adults.