"It remains as true today as it was in the eighteenth century: the world needs more light than it has, not less; the cure for the shortcomings of enlightened thoughts lies not in obscurantism but in further enlightenment. Our recognition of human irrationality, self-centeredness, stupidity beyond the philosophes' most pessimistic appraisals demands not surrender to such forces, but battle against them."
Peter Gay, The Enlightenment (1967)
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