re: #4 Sharmuta

I was speaking to a friend on the phone tonight who has not read the book, but does have a classical education and easily grasped my analogies.

At this time, I wonder if ‘enlightenment vs authoritarian’ works as modifier.

I will think on that.

I worry that Enlightenment and Authoritarian are too broad. I am not sure how the term Enlightenment can exclude the thinking that brought about the French Revolution.

Are Robespierre and Rousseau what we would associate with the constrained? If Wikipedia describes these two men as being Enlightenment philosophes, does that mean that using the term enlightenment would be more confusing to the uninitiated then not?

Vexing …