Nowadays, secular people often see the Enlightenment as a battle between two mortal enemies; on one side was science, with its principal weapon, reason, and on the other side was religion, with its ancient shield of superstition. Reason defeated superstition, light replaced darkness.

— Jonathan Haidt The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

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