Enlightenment

            In the 1940’s there were two writers by the names of Theodore Adorno and Max HorkHiemer. In their work they criticized the aims of the Enlightenment. They also made claims about the principles about the Enlightenment. One of their claims was “The Enlightenment disenchanted us from the world.” In this statement and many of their statements, I think it has merit. Depending on the circumstances. Overall I don’t know these writers but I agree with the statement that ‘The Enlightenment’ has disenchanted us from the world. I think that the time period was a time of exploring and engaging in the ideas that are out of the norm. This period of time was a chance for those people who weren’t the in “classic” frame to come out and experience a whole knew life and perspective. In a way, I think that there is value to myths and being enchanted. I think that it’s a way that people can communicate with the upper world/ lower worlds or heaven/hell. Yes, it may be irrational but I also think that these people didn’t know how to handle these enchanted people and they didn’t know how to react. So I think this period was a switch over to being more accepting and inviting to ‘not normal’ people. I also think that the ‘rule of reason’ can rob your life. If someone is constantly worrying and wondering and trying to reason everything, that they lose their life. The reasoning gets in the way of life experiences. Life experiences are how people gain knowledge and understand who they are. So if someone is reasoning through everything then do they really experience their lives? Do they know who they are? I don’t think they can without those crucial life lessons. We learn by what we do and we understand ourselves better through our mistakes so why waste our lives reasoning and wondering ‘if’. Lets just do and become people we are meant to be through our experiences.