The Enlightenment in the US Faces Slow Demise

By: Sunday August 14, 2011 10:37 am

The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 led Enlightenment thinkers to reject the idea that natural disasters have a moral dimension, representing punishment for personal moral failings. Rick Perry leads the charge of the hordes who reject that idea.

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