Monotheism inadvertently created the cognitive conditions for atheism and science.
Evidence
The Enlightenment’s focus on rationalism and science did the opposite of what might be expected, inspiring new legions of monsters in domestic and foreign spaces, rather than eradicating them. … All of this inspired new categories of monsters that emerged as a way for the imagination to express itself in socially acceptable ways that did not offend religious morals. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 352 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Enlightenment science created monsters that were not theologically constructed.; Enlightenment rationalism generated new monsters instead of eradicating them — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 352; Science was framed as replacing religion by giving humanity its definitive self-explanation
Related
- Enlightenment science created monsters that were not theologically constructed. (similarity 0.90)
- Enlightenment rationalism generated new monsters instead of eradicating them (similarity 0.86)
- A theory is revolutionary by being openly antagonistic to all old thought (similarity 0.81)
- Monotheism inadvertently planted the seeds of science and atheism (similarity 0.79)
- The Age of Exploration expanded rather than ended European monster-making (similarity 0.78)
- Enlightenment critique domesticated monsters into pathological human degenerates (similarity 0.78)
- Anti-enlightenment ideology unconsciously reveres what it seeks to destroy (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Enlightenment rationalism generated new monsters instead of eradicating them
#expands(0.80) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 352 - Enlightenment science created monsters that were not theologically constructed.
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