“We have in fact entered upon the final phase..., the darkest period of this dark age, the state of dissolution from which there is to be no emerging except through a cataclysm, since it is no longer a mere revival which is required, but a complete renovation.” StatesFactsAgeGrowthDarkPeriodsMereFinalsPhasesRevivalEmergingDark AgesDissolutionRenovation Author:Rene Guenon
“In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The Renaissance broke the rules of the mystics. "Renaissance" means the "rebirth". Few people today will care to remind you that it was a rebirth of reason - of man's mind.” PeopleKnowsMenMindHumansMeanStatesReasonCareAgeTodayDarkExistenceKnownHistoryMiddlePeriodsCivilizationAssumingWesternBrokeMysticismRebirthMiddle AgesDark AgesRenaissanceHuman ExistenceWestern Civilization Author:Ayn Rand
“A Dark Age is not just a period in which people no longer know how to do things. The real key is that people no longer remember that certain things can be done at all.” PeopleKnowsRealDoneAgeRememberCertainDarkKnow HowKeysPeriodsDark Ages Author:Jerry Pournelle
“My contention is that if you trace it back, it was the people of the East who brought them out of the Dark Ages, who brought about the period, or ushered in or initiated the atmosphere that brought into Europe the period known as the Renaissance.” PeopleIfsAgeDarkKnownPeriodsEuropeEastAtmosphereDark AgesRenaissanceContention Author:Malcolm X