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Old 02-17-2008, 06:50 PM
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Interesting question, in grad school I had to study the Enlightenment and by the end of the course I was heartily sick of it. The Enlightenment glorified reason to the point that they wanted to get rid of religion because they felt that it wasn't reasonable! That is, they made reason their god, so of course
they had no use for the supernatural, miracles, sin, and anything that reminded them how foolish and sinful we really are.

As for critiques of it I second Rushdoony's To be as God. I have read part of it and Rushdoony boldly rips 18th, 19th and 20th century philosophers and writers although the book is not strictly a critique of the Enlightenment.

One place I recommend you try is the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Intercollegiate Studies Institute . They are largely catholic but they do have many books and articles critical of the Enlightenment.
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