> DMB:
> Chuckle, chuckle. Snort. The Enlightment is an historical period that lead
> to the birth of science, political revolution and the demise of Holy Roman
> Empire. Personal spiritual enlightenment is another matter altogether.
SAM says:
As we're into snorting, it should be pointed out that at least one of those
three (the birth of science) predates the Enlightenment.
DMB says:
Well, technology goes way back. But the scientific revolution is part and
parcel of the enlightenment insofar as it was tied up with extending
political and intellectual freedoms to guys like Galileo and Copernicus.
Their persecution by the church led to re-evaluations about certain kinds of
truth, which led to the formulation of the scientific method, etc.
And I should add that I regret using the words "chuckle" and "snort". I was
just trying to duplicate my immediate response to Erins remarks and I was
trying to deliver the correction in a light-hearted way, but the effect has
been the opposite.
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