Napoleon also restored slavery in the French Caribbean in 1802 and denied equal rights to free people of color. 7. The Enlightenment did not put an end to slavery. A common misconception about the ...

The commitments to reason and science survive the Enlightenment’s failures. If we abandon them, not only do we land in a philosophically unappealing place, we supply intellectual ballast to the people ...

Her storytelling makes du Châtelet and Voltaire both come alive as Enlightenment people. She tells the hilarious story of how Voltaire and du Châtelet, when she became pregnant by another lover ...

In fact, many people start questioning their own spiritual journey, feeling unworthy and incapable of achieving enlightenment. Looking down upon others, judging them, or feeling superior to them ...

In this maelstrom of death, destruction and debt, it wasn’t only the rivers of blood that appeared to herald the end of Enlightenment. It was hoped trade might unify people, countries and ...