. . . foisted upon you by the Twentieth-Century Project. Luther most certainly believed in the proper use of human reason. . . and philosophy. From The Disputation Concerning Man (1536, LW 34:136-144):
4. And it is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest in rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine.
5. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life.
6. By virtue of this fact it ought to be named the essential difference by which man is distinguished from the animals and other things.
7. Holy Scripture also makes it lord over the earth, birds, fish, and cattle, saying, ‘Have dominion’ (Gen. 1:28).
8. That is, that it is a sun and a kind of god apointed to administer these things in this life.
9. Nor did God after the fall of Adam take away this majesty of reason, but rather confirmed it.
