Pre-enlightenment
[en-lahyt-n-muh nt] /ɛnˈlaɪt n mənt/
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
/ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/
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
Enlightenment
/ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/
noun
1.
the Enlightenment, an 18th-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions
Enlightenment definition
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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