{"id":22764,"date":"2022-10-15T23:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicaldifference.com\/?p=22764"},"modified":"2022-10-16T04:59:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T04:59:16","slug":"a-false-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/a-false-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"A False Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Glenn Arbery<\/p>\n<p><em>The Imaginative Conservative<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: auto; width: 66%;\">\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 40px; font-size: 90%;\"><em>Many educators today have fostered a false enlightenment, a so-called \u201cwokeness,\u201d that actually closes off inquiry and darkens the mind. But surely a recognition of this spiritual destitution will convince more and more people to look for real alternatives.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: auto; width: 66%;\">\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">Last week, a great friend of ours said that \u201cthe moment is good\u201d for Wyoming Catholic College. Since much of higher education no longer sustains traditional wisdom, WCC, which does not take government funding, and which has a rare \u201cA\u201d rating for its curriculum, shines ever more brightly against this Orwellian backdrop\u2014and the classroom is only part of the story. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theimaginativeconservative.org\/2022\/10\/false-enlightenment-glenn-arbery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A False Enlightenment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Glenn Arbery The Imaginative Conservative Many educators today have fostered a false enlightenment, a so-called \u201cwokeness,\u201d that actually closes off inquiry and darkens the mind. But surely a recognition of this spiritual destitution will convince more and more people to look for real alternatives. 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