To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate the presence of a second universal force, but are only names given to the one Light unperceived.
The Enlightenment may have made its most lasting impact in the way we live and think today through its social history. Our institutions and laws, our conception of the state, and our political sensitivity all stem from Enlightenment ideas_ Remarkably enough, at the center of these ideas stands the age-old concept of natural law. Much if the Enlightenment__ innovation in in political theory may be traced to a change in the interpretation of that concept.
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The Enlightenment may have made its most lasting impact in the way we live and think today through its social history. Our institutions and laws, our conception of the state, and our political sensitivity all stem from Enlightenment ideas_ Remarkably enough, at the center of these ideas stands the age-old concept of natural law. Much if the Enlightenment__ innovation in in political theory may be traced to a change in the interpretation of that concept.
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