Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
例
Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
The lecture provided enlightenment on modern physics.
02
啓蒙, 啓蒙時代
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
例
The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
啓蒙時代は伝統的な権威に挑戦し、世界を理解するための基礎として理性を推進しました。
Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau advocated for freedom of thought and expression.
ヴォルテールやルソーなどの啓蒙思想家は、思想と表現の自由を主張しました。
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
例
The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
Enlightenment in Buddhism marks the end of worldly suffering.
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