enlightenment

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

2. 2

   A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of…

   A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual and cultural movement emphasizing…

   A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual and cultural movement emphasizing rationalism. The period during which it flourished is called the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason.

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   1. 4

      Synonym of Age of Enlightenment.

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