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Enlightenment might refer to: Enlightenment (concept), a construct around mysticism, philosophy and psychology For a Hindu religious concept of enlightenment, watch moksha For a Buddhist religious concept, watch Bodhi, Satori For a Yoga concept of enlightenment, see Yogic Enlightenment A Age of Enlightenment, a time inside European history For a corresponding movement in the European Jewish community, view Haskalah.

Enlightenment (album), an album by Van Morrison Enlightenment (X window manager), an X Window System window manager Enlightenment (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who serial

Understand likewise: Illumination.

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Encyclopedists
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia by C.A. Dubray. Discusses the group of philosophers who contributed to the Encyclopédie.

French Deism
Brief historical survey of the development of Deism in the French Enlightenment. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Wikipedia: The Enlightenment
Short article on the thought of this period, and its legacy.

Scottish Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century
Survey of Scottish Enlightenment philosophers, including Francis Hutcheson, Henry Home (Lord Kames), and George Campbell; by Alexander Broadie. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

18th Century German Philosophy Prior to Kant
Survey of work of, among others, Christian Thomasius and Christian Wolff; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Brigitte Sassen.

Active Powers
Brief article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on this term as used in the Scottish "common sense" philosophy.

Arts: Literature: Periods and Movements: Enlightenment
Society: History: By Time Period: Eighteenth Century