All 3 Uses of
enlightened
in
The Idiot
- He was a lawyer of enlightened views; his client was a young man who had consulted him in confidence.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Now, in my opinion, the barrister who put forward this extraordinary plea was probably absolutely convinced that he was stating the most liberal, the most humane, the most enlightened view of the case that could possibly be brought forward in these days.†
Chpt 3.1
- At that time people seemed to stick so to one idea; now, they are more nervous, more sensitive, more enlightened—people of two or three ideas at once—as it were.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(enlightened) having or receiving important knowledge or understanding -- (sometimes a spiritual belief)
or:
free of false beliefs based on superstition or prejudice