You disagree, fully or partially? 2000 years respectively 250 years ago the former two statements were conventional wisdom, the latter still is. Aufklärung made it possible that more and more people realized that their knowledge from the past needed updating. However, Aufklärung does not come for free. It means that everyone has to invest a lot of time to learn, to ask questions, to be skeptical. It means that everyone should not be satisfied with the solutions presented by someone else, such as media, governments or any other "big shot".
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