Disenchantment

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Disenchantment with the religion led to a sharp fall in church attendance.

Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.