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Thread ID: 15737 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-11-22
2004-11-22 21:48 | User Profile
To my way of thinking, the main characteristics of the 'Enlightenment' are individualism, rationalism, relativism, and materialism. For hours of fun, try combining these dogmas in different ways to see what aspect of the modern disease you can create. These are like the primary colours of the modern age, and once you combine them, you get secondary dogmas which you can re-combine. I'll start us off --
Rationalism + Materialism = Atheism Individualism + Materialism = Capitalism Individualism + Relativism = Egalitarianism Egalitarianism + Materialism = Socialism Rationalism + Materialism + Relativism = Utilitarianism
Try it at home, kids! What wacky combinations can you dream up?