The Intellectual Origins of Modernity, by David Ohana

Book of the week: Jane O’Grady assesses a bold analysis of how ‘modernity’ failed to live up to the ideals of the Enlightenment

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August 22, 2019

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August 22, 2019

Prometheus’ sacrilege of stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humankind is due to his courage and altruism

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Prometheus’ sacrilege of stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humankind is due to his courage and altruism

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Print headline: Extinguishing the Enlightenment

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