enlightenment

enlightenment
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
    启迪,启发;教导;开明
    Robbie looked to me for enlightenment.
    罗比指望我给他指点一下。
    ■the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth
    觉悟;(尤指佛教的)般若,智慧
  2. (the Enlightenment)a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith
    启蒙运动(17世纪晚期和18世纪欧洲的一场知识分子运动,强调理性和个人主义,而非传统;这场运动深受笛卡尔、洛克、牛顿等17世纪哲学家的影响,主要的倡导者有康德、歌德、伏尔泰、卢梭和亚当•斯密)
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