enlightenment
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“What she was doing was not about enlightenment or operating in a different dimension,” Gujarati said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Although rooted in writings of the 18th-century European enlightenment, these ideas sprouted in the American soil of an expanding frontier where economic opportunities fed and were fed by political independence, legal liberties and social equality.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
His involvement grew serious after her death from cancer in 1972, and in “The Snow Leopard” his customarily graceful observations of nature shimmer with mystical meditations on grief, transcendence and enlightenment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
At first, Lanthimos uses her character as a spoof of lady-bosses who feign enlightenment while reigning over the same bad workplace.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
Like so many of the Volpe students I talked to, Darryl could remember a specific moment of enlightenment.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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World Religions
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