Meaning of enlightment | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“The Magnificent Lady said, “Without relying on means and wisdom together, no enlightment is possible, but if both means and wisdom come⟳ together, enlightment can be achieved.” She said that she wanted to continue⟳ the journey to Lhasa.”

“His son Sidhartha had renounced material life and gone forth in search⟳ of enlightment. He received enlightment under a Bodhi tree at Gaya and became Buddha. Ashoka visited Gaya along with Upagupta and had darshan of Sambodhi.”

“The fourth model⟳ is called the enlightment model⟳: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide⟳ solutions. They are believed to need⟳ discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model⟳.”

“The Enlightment worldview, which considered the order⟳ of "Nature" as a basis and, at the same time, the subject of explorations of scientific natural sciences, has, at the same time, considered this order⟳ as a criterion of the artistically-aesthetic qualities of art. From an "ideological" point⟳ of view⟳, it liberated art from its feudal religious and courtly servitude.”

“[…]with a mentality anchored in a profoundly influential and persistent hostility to central features of the Enlightment faith in the theoretical and practical autonomy of the human subject.”

“As a matter⟳ of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create⟳ a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.”

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