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Webster 1913 Edition
Enlightenment
En-light′en-ment
,Noun.
1.
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
Definition 2024
Enlightenment
Enlightenment
See also: enlightenment
English
Proper noun
Enlightenment
- (definite article) A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.
- 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 36 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return.
The Enlightenment: the intellectual, philosophical, cultural and scientific spirit of the 18th century. A belief in reason, progress, man’s “maturity” and a general rejection of tradition, religion and authority.
- He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return.
- 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 36 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
Synonyms
- (17th and 18th-century philosophical movement): Age of Reason, Aufklärung
Translations
the Enlightenment
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enlightenment
enlightenment
See also: Enlightenment
English
Noun
enlightenment (usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)
- An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
- A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
- 1893, Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics:
- But the man who has attained enlightenment sees that the apparent reality is mere illusion, or, as was said a couple of thousand years later, that there is nothing good nor bad but thinking makes it so.
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Synonyms
Translations
act of enlightening, state of being enlightened
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