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Definition of Enlightenment



Definition of Enlightenment

The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) defines illuminism as the school or the method of the enlightened . This is the doctrine followed by members of a religious movement of the sixteenth century or members of a sect of the eighteenth century .

In the first case, the followers of the Enlightenment were known as enlightened . These people considered that, through prayer and surrender to God , they reached a state of perfection that allowed them to remain free of sin despite not doing good deeds or practicing the sacraments.
This kind of illuminism emerged in Spanish territory and was considered heretical. The enlightened ones maintained that they had no will of their own, but that God guided their behavior: that is why they could not sin. Being directly led by God , they rejected religious dogmas and the Church .

Enlightenment can also be linked to the secret societythat, in the eighteenth century , promoted a moral system that was opposite to that in force at the time. These enlightened ones sought to perfect the world .

Enlightenment, on the other hand, is often associated with the Enlightenment : a movement that sought to impose the predominance of reason and knowledge as the engine of progress. It was developed in the eighteenth century , known for this reason as Siglo de las Luces .

According to the adepts of the Enlightenment, knowledge was the necessary tool to build better societies, where tyranny and ignorance did not take place.

"Dialectic of the Enlightenment" or "Dialectic of the Enlightenment" , finally, is a work published in 1944 by Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno . In it, these authors analyze fascism and mass culture and reflect on reason in relation to the social system.


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