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Monday, May 17, 2021

Enlightened happiness

 From The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790 by Ritchie Robertson--

"Recently, the case for the Enlightenment has been put with particular eloquence by the psychologist Steven Pinker and the philosopher Susan Neiman..."
   

 From The Secular Enlightenment by Margaret Jacob-- "[Hume] left religion largely out of the story of progress, but noted that superstition holds back all who seek to be 'in the pursuit of their interest and happiness'..."

  

From The Enlightenment and why it still matters by Anthony Pagden-- “'In a century as enlightened as ours,' he declared emphatically, 'it has finally been demonstrated ...that there is ...only one life and only one happiness,' and that is here on Earth..."

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