In this thought-provoking book, molecular biologist Lee Silver defends science, biotechnology and post-Enlightenment values ... Amazonian rainforest versus our idyllic expectations.

To the rest of us, it was a horrifying realization of our worst fears ... should continue to be characterized by open societies, Enlightenment values, pluralism, and liberal democracy, as they ...

The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

working on the reception of the Enlightenment in Scandinavia and the Baltic area between 1740 and 1810. Our research focuses on how scientific knowledge and radical philosophy affected identities, ...

We need to realize the truth. We are caught in the illusion, unaware of the reality, the truth about our true self, God and this world. Only Enlightenment can lead us to a life of peace and bliss ...

She died aged 42 during complications during childbirth. I only know of her thanks to a new biography: The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman by Andrew Janiak, a professor of philosophy at Duk ...