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Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Enlightenment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enlightenment may refer to: • Enlightenment (concept), religious or intellectual • Mysticism, pursuit of communion with an ultimate reality •Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances...
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A wisdom archive for Spiritual Enlightenment with articles, interviews and personal experiences of enlightenment. Spiritual Enlightenment and Spiritual Awakening is the primary goal of almost all spiritual practices, traditions and religions and for ... The Wisdom Archives for Spiritual Enlightenment...
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Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another.
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The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages. From its inception, the Enlightenment focused on the power and goodness of human rationality.
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