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enlightenment

[ en-lahyt-n-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of enlightening.
  2. the state of being enlightened:

    to live in spiritual enlightenment.

  3. (usually initial capital letter) Buddhism, Hinduism. prajna.
  4. the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.


enlightenment

1

/ 瑟苍藞濒补瑟迟蓹苍尘蓹苍迟 /

noun

  1. the act or means of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
  2. Buddhism the awakening to ultimate truth by which man is freed from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations to which all men are otherwise subject
  3. Hinduism a state of transcendent divine experience represented by Vishnu: regarded as a goal of all religion
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Enlightenment

2

/ 瑟苍藞濒补瑟迟蓹苍尘蓹苍迟 /

noun

  1. the Enlightenment
    an 18th-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Enlightenment

  1. An intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, and a desire to construct governments free of tyranny. Some of the major figures of the Enlightenment were David Hume , Immanuel Kant , John Locke , the Baron de Montesquieu , Jean-Jacques Rousseau , and Voltaire .
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of enlightenment1

First recorded in 1660鈥70; enlighten + -ment
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Every day, I became less convinced by complete purification as a means of enlightenment, and more interested in curation, transmutation and integration.

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鈥淎rticle III: Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.鈥

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What if Victoria reaches enlightenment and helps that monk write a book?

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In that conversation, Ginsberg observed that 鈥渄ehumanization is a funny kind of enlightenment.鈥

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The new setting also gives us plenty of rich themes to explore 鈥 like embarrassing Westerners who travel to Asia seeking spiritual enlightenment 鈥 and beautiful scenery to look at.

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