All 4 Uses of
enlightened
in
Moby Dick
- That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia, was given to the enlightened world by the whaleman.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy pate-de-foie-gras.†
Chpt 64-66
- Look at your knife-handle, there, my civilized and enlightened gourmand dining off that roast beef, what is that handle made of?†
Chpt 64-66
- Besides, to this day, the highly enlightened Turks devoutly believe in the historical story of Jonah.†
Chpt 82-84
Definition:
having or receiving important knowledge or understanding -- (sometimes a spiritual belief)
or:
free of false beliefs based on superstition or prejudice
or:
free of false beliefs based on superstition or prejudice