Both Uses of
Enlightenment
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- I might indirectly assist the cause of enlightenment and propaganda.
Chpt 5.1enlightenment = increased understanding
- It's a duty of every man to work for enlightenment and propaganda and the more harshly, perhaps, the better.
Chpt 5.1 *
Definitions:
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(enlightenment as in: provided for your enlightenment) a state of increased understandingOccasionally, enlightenment can refer more specifically to an elevated spiritual state. In Buddhism & Hinduism is would refer to achieving nirvana.
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(Enlightenment as in: during the Enlightenment...) generally interpreted as a 17th & 18th century movement that further advanced the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions -- especially in Britain, France, Germany, and the American colonies
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, enlightenment may be used as a proper noun with a non-standard specialized meaning.