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Enlightenment
Enlightenment term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent.—the discoveries of Isaac Newton , the rationalism of Réné Descartes , the skepticism... Read more
bodhisattva
bodhisattva [Sanskrit,=enlightenment-being], in early Buddhism the term used to refer to the Buddha before he attained supreme enlightenment; more generally, any being destined for enlightenment or intent on enlightenment. The spiritual path of the bodhisattva is the central teaching of Mahayana ... Read more
Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur , 1822-99, French painter of animals. She was a pupil of her father, Raymond Bonheur. Her paintings were regularly exhibited in the Salon from 1841. Bonheur's informed and sympathetic pictures of animal life were remarkably enlightened in approach. They gained her wide popularity, parti... Read more
Nachman Krochmal
Nachman Krochmal , 1785-1840, Jewish secular historian and writer, b. Galicia. He was a leader in the movement of the Jewish enlightenment and a pioneer of modern Jewish scholarship. He applied his synthesis of religion and philosophy to the writing and teaching of Jewish history. His most important... Read more
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno , 1903-69, German philosopher, born as Theodor Adorno Wiesengrund. Forced into exile by the Nazis (1933), he spent 16 years in England and the United States before returning to Germany to take up a chair in philosophy at Frankfurt. A leading member of the Frankfurt School... Read more
despotism
despotism government by an absolute ruler unchecked by effective constitutional limits to his power. In Greek usage, a despot was ruler of a household and master of its slaves. The title was applied to gods and, by derivation, to the quasi-divine rulers of the Middle East. In the Byzantine Empire, ... Read more
Dōgen
Dōgen , 1200-1253, Zen master (see Zen Buddhism ) and founder of the Sōtō Zen school in Japan. After studying in China, he received the seal of enlightenment and succession to the Ts'ao-tung (Sōtō) school. In 1236 he established the first independent Zen temple in Japan. S&... Read more
Ludvig Holberg, Baron
Ludvig Holberg, Baron , 1684-1754, Danish dramatist, essayist, poet, and historian, apostle of the Enlightenment in Scandinavia. Born in Norway, he studied theology in Bergen and in Copenhagen. After 1708 he made Denmark his home, residing there between European travels. Professor of metaphysics and... Read more
bo tree
bo tree or pipal , fig tree ( Ficus religiosa ) of India held sacred by the Buddhists, who believe that Gautama received enlightenment under a bo tree at Bodh Gaya. A slip of this tree was planted at Anuradhapura to become one of the oldest known trees. The bo tree attains great size and age; th... Read more
Deer Park
Deer Park. The Deer Park (Pāli, migadāya) at Isipatana near present-day Vārāṇasī was the site of the first sermon. After gaining enlightenment (bodhi) the Buddha came here and preached this sermon to five of his former ascetic companions, later known as the pa&#x... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "enlightened"

Enlightened Despotism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM. One must first clarify the origins of the term: today "enlightened absolutism" is more commonly used. But in its original form, the term as coined by eighteenth-century French thinkers —...
Enlightenment
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...the social acknowledgment of the enlightened one's accomplishments by at...community of students or followers. Enlightened teachers may claim authority from...having studied personally with an enlightened master who transmitted his/her...
Joseph II (Holy Roman Empire) (1741–1790; Ruled 1765–1790)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...These policies constituted the core of enlightened despotism, in which reforms and modernization...hostile and unappreciative subjects. As enlightened despots, Maria Theresa and Joseph II...but Joseph was impatient, and his enlightened rationalism was as absolute as his despotism...
Gustavus III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Sweden from 1771 to 1792. He was an enlightened despot and a philosophe. Born on Jan...He died on March 29. Gustavus III, enlightened despot and philosophe, modeled his...Charles XIV, his reign was refreshing and enlightened. Further Reading R. N. Bain, Gustavus...
Thomasius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...A renowned professor, Thomasius gave expression to many enlightened ideas and programs. Although he was not a profound thinker...ideas, Thomasius demonstrated his fundamental belief in the enlightened ideas of the 18th century. Further Reading There is no adequate...
Christoph Martin Wieland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...This volume, an enthusiastic defense of an absolute but enlightened monarch whose one aim is the happiness of his people, so...pleasure-seeking materialism and spiritual integrity. His enlightened vision was rooted in a passionate belief in human progress...
Muratori, Ludovicoantonio (1672–1750)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...published a series of influential polemics on contemporary civil society designed to provide guides for the enlightened monarch and for the enlightened citizen alike. To the monarchs, he directed a searing attack on current legal systems ( Dei difetti...
Revolutions, Age of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...areas of the Austrian empire into turmoil. Like the other "enlightened despots," Joseph was motivated in part by the desire to...in battle under his mother, Maria Theresa. Unlike his "enlightened" counterparts, he did not believe that further exploitation...
Alexander I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...French cultural influences, numerous sexual intrigues, and enlightened political ideas of Catherine's court. Catherine placed...liberal political ideas of republican government, reform, and enlightened monarchy. In sharp contrast to the formative influences...
Rabbinical Commission
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...their authority and preserve tradition. It involved four enlightened Jews (German Barats, Iakov Gottesman, Samuil Simkhovich...that plagued Russian Jewry. The shift in influence from the enlightened to Orthodox camp brought a reassertion of traditional values...

Dictionary entries related to "enlightened"

enlightened marketing
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management enlightened marketing A marketing philosophy holding that a company's marketing should support the best long-run performance of the marketing...
Zen
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...deluded commend the gradual method; the enlightened practice the sudden teaching. To understand...into your own original nature. Once enlightened, there is from the outset no distinction...these two methods; those who are not enlightened will for long kalpas be caught in the...
Hartlib, Samuel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Description of the Famous Kingdome of Macaria , a Utopian vision of a state in which enlightened government and true religion were supported by enlightened promotion of trade, medicine, agriculture, and the mechanic arts. Hartlib ’...
śīla
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...from the conduct of the Buddha , and are essentially a condensation of the moral behaviour of the enlightened. They list those things an enlightened person will not do, hence their negative form. 2. Name of the first of the three divisions of...
Buddha
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...a Buddha is considered inferior to the ‘fully enlightened Buddha’ ( samyak-saṃbuddha ) who...x15B;a-bala ). Buddhas are distinguished from other enlightened beings such as Arhats by virtue of the fact that they discover...
The Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary (1823–1919)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied...blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity...
Sammāsambuddha
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...li), Samyaksaṃbuddha (Skt.). Perfectly Enlightened One, Supremely Awakened One; the proper title of Got...out from all other beings, including the other variety of enlightened person, the paccekabuddha ( prateyaka-buddha ).
Modernity: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...thinking aspects of his time, the philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) did not call them modern or even enlightened, but described the late eighteenth century as undergoing a process of enlightenment. Classically, the term modern contrasts...
Other, The, European Views of
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...which foreigners are integrated into a particular society undoubtedly represents a benchmark of its developmental stage as an enlightened, tolerant, and humanistic community. Earlier societies had to cope with similar phenomena, but throughout history the...
Architecture: Asia
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...x2013; c. 483 b.c.e.), who, through meditation directed at release from human desire, achieved the state of "enlightened one," or Buddha. Spread throughout India and far beyond by disciples and monks who emulated the Buddha's example, Buddhism...

Thesaurus entries related to "enlightened"

enlightened
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus enlightened • adjective  without a free press there cannot be an enlightened people synonyms : informed, well-informed, aware, sophisticated, advanced, developed, liberal, open-minded, broad-minded, educated, knowledgeable...
liberal
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened; permissive, free, free and easy, easygoing, libertarian...forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, enlightened, reformist, radical. antonyms: reactionary, conservative...
progressive
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...by-step, cumulative.   2. progressive views synonyms : modern, liberal, advanced, forward-thinking, enlightened, enterprising, innovative, pioneering, dynamic, bold, avant-garde, reforming, reformist, radical; informal go...
knowledgeable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : well-informed, learned, well-read, educated, well-educated, erudite, scholarly, cultured, cultivated, enlightened. antonym: ignorant.   2. he is knowledgeable about modern art synonyms : acquainted with, familiar with...
happily
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...readily, freely, cheerfully, ungrudgingly, with pleasure; archaic fain.   3. happily, we are living in enlightened times synonyms : fortunately, luckily, thankfully, mercifully, by good luck, by good fortune, as luck would have it...
cultivated
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Mrs. Cleasby, there are some cultivated young ladies in the Ozarks synonyms : cultured, educated, well-read, civilized, enlightened, discerning, discriminating, refined, polished; sophisticated, urbane, cosmopolitan.
civilized
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : polite, courteous, well-mannered, civil, gentlemanly, ladylike, mannerly; cultured, cultivated, refined, polished, sophisticated; enlightened, educated, advanced, developed. antonyms: rude, unsophisticated.
wise
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...synonyms : sage, sagacious, clever, intelligent, erudite, learned, educated, well-read, knowledgeable, informed, enlightened, philosophic, deep-thinking, discerning, perceptive, experienced; lit. sapient.   2. it was wise to leave...
intelligent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...discerning, thinking, perceptive, perspicacious, penetrating, sensible, sagacious, well-informed, educated, enlightened, knowledgeable; inf. brainy.   2. is there intelligent life on the planet? synonyms : rational, reasoning...
intelligentsia
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English intelligentsia • plural noun   synonyms : intellectuals, academics, literati, cognoscenti, illuminati, highbrows, pedants; the enlightened. See intellectual noun 2.

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Enlightened leadership: eight spiritual truths for becoming wise in actions and decisions.
Magazine article from: School Administrator; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...with those spiritual roots, the more enlightened our leadership becomes and the more...better future. A Concept Defined What is enlightened leadership? Given the complexities...action. The best way to think about enlightened leadership is that it is based on wisdom...
Enlightened Names William Louis Peterson as the New Operations Director.
PR Newswire; 10/13/2009; 700+ words ; WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology...Operations Director of the firm. Mr. Peterson joins Enlightened from the Department of Energy (DOE) where...
Enlightened Employee Akisha Campbell Awarded NFTE Greater Washington Volunteer of the Year Award.
PR Newswire; 5/28/2009; 700+ words ; WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology...is pleased to announce that Akisha Campbell, an Enlightened Program Manager from Washington, DC., was recently...
Enlightened Expands Operations to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
PR Newswire; 1/3/2008; 484 words ; Enlightened To Provide Call Center Support Services in Baton Rouge WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) consulting...
Enlightened Awarded Contract to Provide IT Support to USAID.
PR Newswire; 7/17/2009; 523 words ; WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology...management for food distribution under this program. Enlightened will be tasked with redesigning USAID's FFPMS...
Enlightened Has Achieved CMMI Level 2 Rating For Software Engineering.
PR Newswire; 10/6/2009; 590 words ; WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology...throughout an organization. CMMI standards ensure Enlightened provides a detailed process definition of project...
Enlightened Wins IT Strategy Contract with Veterans Affairs.
PR Newswire; 1/7/2009; 497 words ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology...assets and resources. Under this contract, Enlightened will develop IT strategies for OI&T...
Enlightened's President Antwanye Ford Featured on Washington Business Tonight
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/28/2009; 427 words ; ...Broadnax, Marketing Support Specialist of Enlightened, Inc., +1-202-783-4655, news@enlightened.com Antwanye Ford Discusses Growth...WASHINGTON, May 28/PRNewswire/--Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading...
Enlightened Wins a Software Development and Migration Contract With the D.C. Pretrial Services Agency.
PR Newswire; 10/13/2009; 548 words ; Enlightened to Modernize PSA's PRISM System WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) consulting services, announced today it has won a software development...
Jamba Juice(R) Introduces Delicious, New 'Enlightened Smoothies(TM)' - a Reduced-Calorie, Reduced-Sugar Smoothie Option Just in Time For National Nutrition Month; New Category Blends Famous Jamba Juice Taste with 40-50 Percent Fewer Calories and Sugar.
PR Newswire; 3/15/2004; 700+ words ; ...smoothies and juices, is introducing Enlightened Smoothies, a new line of reduced...sugar smoothies. The four flavorful Enlightened Smoothies debut on March 18 in more...along with physical activity. The new Enlightened Smoothies have, on average, 40-50...