[As a result of the Enligtenment ] Man no longer saw the world as a God-given reality, but as a site of possibility for everything that could be useful, charitable and life-promoting, an immense field of operation for the pursuit and enhancement of the forces of pure reason, which dares to do anything, is fearful of nothing and cannot be disappointed by anything.Comment: Friedell points to a turning point: from divine order to human possibility. But in conversation we might ask what was lost as well as what was gained.Credit: Egon Friedell
Source: A Cultural History of the Modern Age
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
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