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enlightenment Noun the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
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enlightenment Translations enlightenment [ɪnˈlaɪtnmənt] n → progresso culturale; chiarimenti mpl; (HISTORY): the Enlightenment → l'Illuminismo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nor, it might be added, should they be allowed to obscure the fact that ideas really do have consequences (even it frequently may take a considerable period of time for these consequences become apparent) and that the various national Enlightenments may not have been equally prescient in grasping the implications of the "deep structure" of thought they shared. Theologian Tracey Rowland believes the latter description of liberalism--an intellectual tradition derivative of the epistemology and moral, political and economic philosophy of the various European Enlightenments in the 18th century--better understands the phenomenon, and believes Benedict XVI shares at least some elements of this diagnosis. George Brecht once described his events as "very private, like little enlightenments I wanted to communicate to my friends who would know what to do with them. |
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