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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jul 13

    The Enlightenment's Cynical Critics by historian @katiekelaidis https://quillette.com/2018/06/15/the-enlightenments-cynical-critics/ … via @QuilletteM

    12:21 PM - 13 Jul 2018
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      1. Paul Crider‏ @paulcrider Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Chaser:https://www.liberalcurrents.com/throwing-shade-on-the-enlightenment/ …

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      2. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        I've only read derivative references to Locke's work and small excerpts of his actual writing. Anyone know where I can find his writings advancing a scientific theory used to justify racism (as is claimed in the article)?

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      3. Katherine Kelaidis‏ @katiekelaidis Jul 13
        Replying to @RandR10 @sapinker @QuilletteM

        I’m headed to dinner right now, but my email address is in my Twitter bio and if you shoot me an email I’ll send you a bibliography. :-)

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      4. Katherine Kelaidis‏ @katiekelaidis Jul 13
        Replying to @katiekelaidis @RandR10 and

        But I would start with Two Tracts on Government. :-)

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      5. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 Jul 13
        Replying to @katiekelaidis @sapinker @QuilletteM

        You mean Treatises. I have that here at home in my pile of "to read" but haven't gotten to it yet. Maybe I'll start tearing into it tonight.

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      6. Katherine Kelaidis‏ @katiekelaidis Jul 13
        Replying to @RandR10 @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Ugh! Twittering on the go results in mistakes but yes. And that seems like a good use of a Friday night. :-)

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      7. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 Jul 13
        Replying to @katiekelaidis @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Turns out he did write a "Two Tracts" as well, but unpublished until 1967. Info included in the chronology in the introduction of my copy of "Two Treatises." Apparently his mind changed considerably in the 20 years between the two works.

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      8. Katherine Kelaidis‏ @katiekelaidis Jul 13
        Replying to @RandR10 @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Treatises is what you want for the racial stuff though. This is what happens when you try to remember stuff about 18th- century philosophy and put on mascara at the same time

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      1. Soren‏ @soreneh Jul 13
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Great article by @katiekelaidis : “Slavery is an ancient institution; a horrible primordial scar on the human spirit. It was not carved there by the men and women who dreamed of individual rights and liberty. How cynical to pretend that it was!”

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      1. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 Jul 16
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Literally...huh?

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      1. Tyr Creegar‏ @DanaGutfeld Jul 16
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Goofy Steven Pinker wants us to think THIS is great progress. Meanwhile, #Russia still has beautiful feminine women https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLZQfnFyelTBOQ15kmHSgEbdjzLMWzZpL7&time_continue=1&v=QoMhj978peE … #FoxNews #FuturesGame #FIA18 #tcot #NRA #p2 #ccot #ClawsTNT #Croatia #TheAffair #ThisIsZeroHour #RHOP #MeToo #PoseFX #PowerTV #Tucker

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      1. Tyr Creegar‏ @DanaGutfeld Jul 15
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        The 50s had a hit song - "Walking after Midnight" by Patsy Cline That song is impossible to imagine now Tell me another fairy tale about how safe recent decades are - #MAGA #Trump #DonaldTrump #PJNET #ccot #tcot #NRA #p2 #FoxNews #ClawsTNT #HATM #PrimeDay #Science #UFCBoisepic.twitter.com/r9qrJWYYw9

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      1. Tobias Schumann‏ @0x404_tobi Jul 15
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        I am so impatient to keep your next book in My Hands I appreciate your work very much. You are an impressive personality, I am a big fan 👍

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      1. The Goldilocks Zone‏ @ZScenarios Jul 14
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Basically, everything that needed to be said was said in the closing paragraph... However, the article - in my opinion; which casts little sway in our world - was well done!

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      1. Meesto‏ @Sto_ology Jul 14
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        Another great, well researched book critical of the Enlightenment is Sto-ology:A Metaphysical Exploration of the Human Condition - over 500 solid references and links to peruse - Available on amazon etc

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      1. nickharhar‏ @nickharhar Jul 14
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        @idenoh

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      1. nickharhar‏ @nickharhar Jul 14
        Replying to @sapinker @katiekelaidis @QuilletteM

        @HandleNotTaken

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