This presupposes that we start off dark. Which, judging from babies, is not the case. So it's way more up-and-downy than that.
Of course, Paine is speaking of a specific sort of enlightenment, so I'm mostly just trolling. But that's to be expected, given that I, being a romantic (who played a very minor part in our era's successful assualt on Englightenment), represent everything he fought against.
But, to take that thought a step further, I was entirely rationalist during my youth. Paine might have deemed me a man of Reason! And I've largely turned my back on that stance. Which means I have, by example, disproven his declaration.
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