Was the enlightenment the high-point of human society? It feels

>>3292003
Because you're taking their statements at face-value.

>guy says they're the most rational
>people who came afyer him actually believe him

Im from Argentina, I have read the diaries of the loli lover Juán Peron had, she was a low class starved girl yet she wrote better than the majority of current argentinian population.
Its not an anecdotical evidence, its a trend, people had a high regard of culture and morals.

>>3292003
I think that the moral high point of humanity was Classical Greece, while the early 20th century was its cultural high point, but close enough.