Enlightenment’s conversion into positivism has been historically confirmed.

Evidence

Napoleon transformed what was latent in Enlightenment discourse into a blueprint for cultural change. For him, the work of civilization included, in addition to encouraging trade, introducing the printing press, the French language, education, medicine, preventive hygiene, and the arts, as well as applying the principles of rational administration to fiscal, judicial, and land reform. With the help of the lnstitut, he proceeded on all these fronts during his short stay in Egypt. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 74 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Enlightenment regresses into the very myth it claimed to escape; Napoleon turned Enlightenment philosophy of civilization into a concrete colonial program — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 74; The Dialectic of Enlightenment targeted the whole Western rationalist tradition, not just Marxism — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 781 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Enlightenment regresses into the very myth it claimed to escape #corroborates (0.85)
• Napoleon turned Enlightenment philosophy of civilization into a concrete colonial program #exemplifies (0.72) — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 74