The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

Far from being anti-science, environmentalism is the future in a world of finite resources and global perils, concludes Joachim Radkau in The Age of Ecology IT IS a new Enlightenment ...

Meanwhile, those typically considered the luminaries of the age—from John Locke through ... Thinkers who do not adhere to his particular definition of Radical Enlightenment, he implies, were ...

This is the year of enlightenment, and the special full moon of Guru Purnima signifies the beginning of a new age of enlightenment ... I have a nonreligious definition of faith.

Conducted with impressive concentration by Mark Elder, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment shows how much Rossini gains if his music is played with the definition, clarity and sheer zing ...

The Age of Enlightenment brought us crucial inventions and discoveries in many areas including the circulation of blood, optics, scientific classification, calculus, the microscope, gravity and ...