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George Walsh on The Enlightenment

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The Positive Forces of the Holy Ocean

I think that Kant, you know, cleared the way in the sense. I, to put it in his own words, limiting reason in order to make room for faith. By limiting reason, he made room not only for faith, but for whatever else might rush in. Nationalistic fervor, which is after all a form of secular religion,. religious reactions, such as you had, especially in France. The first advocate of reaction, I'm thinking particularly of fish that proclaimed they were disciples of Kant.

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