Sep 18, 2020
Moral decadence led to the Enlightenment, which was the rationalization of passion. The Enlightenment led then to the Revolution, which was the projection of those principles onto the political sphere, and the Revolution in turn led to the Terror, which was the logical outcome of passions unbridled by reason leading to death.
E. Michael Jones (Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control, Chapter 6: London 1812)