Tuesday, May 4, 2010


#7

In accordance with the cultural values of the Enlightenment, human thought and behavior dominated by the kind of thinking should be rational rather than emotional, enigmatic or blind superstition. It also should be secular. In other words, should not be disseminated to any supernatural motivation. It is derived from the Gothic horror fiction story of a mad scientist describe a class of fiction. The first one, is Mary Shelley published in 1818 Frankenstein. Gothic horror novels follow the routine, these novel anti-Enlightenment, from the kind of emotional urgency to mine material, moral stories compiled them, under the guise of science to reveal the origin of evil, and how to resist the kind of sin. These novels to illustrate the scientific rationalism for a person's mental health is harmful. Meanwhile, those who hold the secret knowledge of modern secular scientists, according to traditional moral standards, are incomprehensible freak. In addition, these novels also remind the reader that secular science must conform to traditional Christian values of Jewish ethical guidelines.

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