As the economist Angus Deaton once wrote, "Ever since people rebelled against authority in the Enlightenment, and set about using the force of reason to make their lives better, they have found a ...

The Enlightenment is a glorious thing, but it is also a dangerous thing — it must always be rescued from itself. The first way to do it is to refuse to whitewash its true legacy. Sign up for ...

Long ago, before the Enlightenment, people cowered before governments and speech laws. The Enlightenment offered an alternative, but it is one that must continually be affirmed: by public actions ...

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The foundational principle of Enlightenment thinkers from Locke to Hume to Kant (not to mention their student Thomas Jefferson) was that the legitimate purpose of the state was to preserve ...