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Modern Image and
Catholic Truth series
Modern
man has a positive image of himself that has been shaped
and very effectively propagandized since the time of the
Renaissance. In three conferences between November and
May, the Roman Forum’s Modern Image and Catholic Truth
series will explore the gap between this image and the
true predicament in which the individual and
contemporary society now find themselves trapped.
Modern Image
and Catholic Truth series
Part
One: The Sleep of Reason
**These lectures will be available soon from
Keep the Faith**
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Modernity speaks of the
eighteenth century Enlightenment as the “Age
of Reason”. But proponents of the
Enlightenment were often dubious about the
ability of the human mind to understand man
and nature and more interested in limiting
the scope of rational activity than
increasing it. Much of their labor ended by
declaring the universe to be the mere
plaything of the human will and passion,
while practical backing for many of the
Enlightenment’s goals came from strange
combinations of mystical speculation and
calls for the exercise of Machtpolitik.
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