Enlightenment.
I'm a man of science, which is to say I believe in the principles of enlightenment. Although to be frank I'd never even heard of The Age of Enlightenment until I was in my mid 20s. It was through my own introspection that I came to the same conclusions as those who lived 200+ years before me. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that oddity. Ideas that had been well documented long before I was born and yet I came upon them seemingly by chance, or through force of will. You might suggest that a good deal of that worldview is embedded in our educational system, or passed on to me through my upbringing, but it was never stated outright. I like to think that in the absence of dogma, all thoughtful people would reach similar conclusions. But I guess history continues to prove that belief wrong time and time again.