The intellectual tradition of the European Enlightenment, which began in the seventeenth century and produced its greatest works in the eighteenth, is based on critical reasoning. It employs facts instead of faith, evidence instead of tradition. Morality in this worldview is determined by human beings, not by an outside force.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010)

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