For a long time after the Renaissance, you have forgotten the value of religion. You have tried to exchange science and philosophy for religion. You are Christian, but actually what you have been doing is replacing science for religion. And you wanted to establish human culture quite free from the authority of religion [laughs]. You had quite good reasons in your effort to try to reform your culture before it became too dark. Now it is too bright. You went too extreme, I think [laughs].
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