Absolutism vs. Enlightenment

Absolutismnoun

(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.

Absolutismnoun

(political science) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutismnoun

(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.

Absolutismnoun

Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

Absolutismnoun

(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.

Absolutismnoun

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

Absolutismnoun

Doctrine of absolute decrees.

Absolutismnoun

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

Absolutismnoun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Absolutismnoun

the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

Absolutismnoun

the doctrine of an absolute being

Enlightenmentnoun

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Enlightenmentnoun

A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Enlightenmentnoun

Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Enlightenmentnoun

same as AufklÄrung.

Enlightenmentnoun

education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

Enlightenmentnoun

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

Enlightenmentnoun

a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions