Kevin E. Schmiesing

2 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | Kevin E. Schmiesing |John O. McGinnis |John C. Pinheiro |Daniel Mahoney

Our conception of the past is littered with expressions that are often poorly defined or understood: ancient, barbarian, empire, liberal, progress, capitalism. The distinguished historian J. C. D. Clark wishes to draw our attention to the equivocal character of another widely used term: Enlightenment. To be precise, the more problematic formulation is “the Enlightenment,” not “enlightenment” per se.