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Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
Beispiele
Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
The lecture provided enlightenment on modern physics.
02
die Aufklärung, das Zeitalter der Aufklärung
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
Beispiele
The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
Die Aufklärung forderte die traditionelle Autorität heraus und förderte die Vernunft als Grundlage für das Verständnis der Welt.
Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau advocated for freedom of thought and expression.
Denker der Aufklärung wie Voltaire und Rousseau traten für Gedanken- und Meinungsfreiheit ein.
03
(in Buddhism and Hinduism) a transcendent state of spiritual realization, liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, characterized by the cessation of desire, suffering, and individual consciousness
Beispiele
The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
Enlightenment in Buddhism marks the end of worldly suffering.
Lexikalischer Baum
unenlightenment
enlightenment
enlighten
lighten
