On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
This was reserved to our time, to quench the little glimmerings of reason which might break in upon the solid darkness of this enlightened age.
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Edmund Burke
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Editor's note · Context
In his critique of the French Revolution, Burke ironically observes how the "enlightened age" paradoxically extinguishes reason.
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