Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. (Robert Bork)

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.

Robert Bork

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