Every era also has a reverse, unsightly side. The Enlightenment ended with the bloody dictatorship of the Jacobins and the enraged guillotine. Erotomania turned into a virtue and famous erotomaniacs, such as Casanova, enjoyed all-European fame. It was unfashionable to give birth to children, and they were sent to orphanages, where they were allowed to die in peace. Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent all his legitimate children to an orphanage, but at the same time wrote the novel “Emile,” which raises important problems of the free, harmonious upbringing of man in the era of the Age of Reason. The shadow of the era follows on the heels of the Age of Enlightenment. And it’s not customary to talk about this shadow side openly.