RE: and moving briskly during the Haskala, or "enlightenment," from the late 18th century
I suspect that when historians 1000s of years from now assess Western Civilization during the late 2nd and early 3rd Millenneum, they will not have good things to say about the so called "Enlightenment."
Perhaps the author of the enlightenment was a certain "shining one"? (See Isaiah 14:12)