We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Today the greatest divide within humanity… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“The European prosperity driven by silver and Atlantic trade was the context of the rationalizing assertions of Enlightenment thinkers.” — John Tutino Copy Share Image
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince;… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“David Brooks, “Our Founding Yuppie,” Weekly Standard, Oct. 23, 2000, 31. The word “meritocracy” is an argument-starter, and I have employed it… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“God as preached and lived by Jesus, the Enlightenment writers put human non-exclusionary justice ahead of the law. This rational philosophy did… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Over the last two decades, elites in even many formerly socialist countries came to uphold an ideal of cosmopolitan liberalism: the universal… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
