the Enlightenment
noun
: a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion
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Abraham-Louis Breguet was, in a way, to the Enlightenment what Steve Jobs was to the Information Age.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
Read More: The Witch Trials That America Forgot The partisans of both the Enlightenment and Evangelicalism, with otherwise little in common, might share a blanching at that description of the occult project.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
During the Enlightenment, reason was widely considered a better guiding force than the senses or the emotions.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Like the clockwork deity of the Enlightenment, Satoshi set everything in motion only to step aside.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
Read More: The Witch Trials That America Forgot The partisans of both the Enlightenment and Evangelicalism, with otherwise little in common, might share a blanching at that description of the occult project.
—Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
During the Enlightenment, reason was widely considered a better guiding force than the senses or the emotions.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
Like the clockwork deity of the Enlightenment, Satoshi set everything in motion only to step aside.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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“The Enlightenment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Enlightenment. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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