My new book addresses this problem: How do we safeguard the liberal system of truth-finding and defend the achievements of the Enlightenment? https://t.co/MPlJBklI1q https://t.co/vRoyJe1Jmp #Liberalism #Enlightenment #Truth #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.
🔸The 7 Years' War (1756-63) precipitated the rift between 🇬🇧 and its American colonies 🔸intellectual 💡roots of DoI: in the enlightenment (rights of men, social contract etc.) 🔸The #USDoI became inspiration for independence movements ✊🏼worldwide https://t.co/ttfbxRlmcW #7YearsWar #USDoI #Enlightenment #GB #US
Western identity is not based on active Christian belief and heritage. It is built around liberalism and encompasses Enlightenment values: openness, tolerance, skepticism about received ideas, rule of law that limits the power of governments over citizens https://t.co/88OHsaEpbN #WesternIdentity #Liberalism #EnlightenmentValues #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedfromthetweetprovided.
In my experience, people who have lived under oppressive regimes invariably have a much deeper appreciation for liberal democracy and the Enlightenment than spoiled Westerners who have never known anything else and fail to "acknowledge their privilege", as the kids say. Today I https://t.co/35WNSAtMZG #LiberalDemocracy #Privilege #Enlightenment #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries #sotherearenocountrycodestoreturn.
RT @RichardHanania: You've probably heard the theory that Christianity is responsible for the Enlightenment and the values of Western Civil… #Christianity #Enlightenment #WesternValues #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweetprovided.
Protesting in the streets <p>Many people think hippies with flowers in their hair were at the heart of the antiwar movement. However, antiwar protesters and hippies were usually two different groups. </p> <ul> <li><i>Hippies prioritized spiritual enlightenment, community building, drugs, and rock-and-roll. </i></li> <li><i>Hippies were indifferent or opposed to activists' political organizing.</i></li> <li><i>Hippies hoped to change America by seceding from established institutions, not by reforming them.</i></li> <li><i>Hippies disregarded popular norms and instead looked inward for peace and wisdom.</i></li> </ul>
Pseudoscientific Practices - Astrology & Tarot Cards : Why and Who Seek Them <ol><li>With psychotherapists’ encouragement, <strong><em>troubled people are seeking solace</em></strong> in pseudoscientific practices such as astrology and tarot cards </li><li>“People are putting their trust — and their money — into these practices, which <strong><em>they view as pathways to enlightenment</em></strong>,” Sanam Yar reports in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/style/therapy-psychology-astrology-tarot-ayahuasca.html"><em>The New York Times</em></a>. </li><li>Those who favor these alternatives <strong><em>tend to be young, female and affluent</em></strong>, Yar notes. </li></ol>
