enlightenment

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In one tense scene with her white colleagues, Cosey winces at their version of historical enlightenment — the reclamation project is moving at a horse-drawn carriage’s pace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

That was not, in Hobsbawm’s analysis, a straight-up clash between good and evil or enlightenment and darkness; he was a non-dogmatic Marxist, always attuned to the nuanced dialectical relationship between historical forces.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

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

Few topics have been discussed more, to less human enlightenment, than whether women can “have it all”—usually defined as blending marriage, professional ambition and children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

With his chubby face and his grumpy expression, he looked like a Buddha who’d achieved enlightenment and wasn’t thrilled about it.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan