Sentence examples for human enlightenment from inspiring English sources

There's a place, I feel, for respectful stereotypes in any bid for human enlightenment.

For all the slaughter and devastation it precipitated, it insists, the Reformation was a wonderful thing and a major step on the road toward human enlightenment.

We tend to think of wisdom as a Cecil B. De Mille production in human enlightenment, with Biblical sets and King Solomon (or some similarly commanding figure) talking down to us from a position of social and moral authority.

In later years, Mr. Van Doren wrote a number of books, including "The Joy of Reading" (1985), a collection of his essays on books that he had loved, and "A History of Knowledge" (1991), a nonacademic examination of the development of human enlightenment.

The author's fiercest ally in the battle for human enlightenment is the librarian.

You might be surprised that throughout history, cones have been symbolic of immortality, human enlightenment, and 'the third eye.' Why?

Rather than trying to shape human nature, the Enlightenment hope for progress was concentrated on human institutions.

The communications revolution immeasurably enhanced human opportunities for enlightenment and pleasure on one hand and created previously undreamed-of possibilities for manipulation and control on the other.

Jeremy Campbell's history of falsehood seems to set out to explore the idea that deception is "a necessary and useful part of human success and enlightenment".

As a series of revolutions in human understanding, the Enlightenment has much to teach us about how we might yet, perhaps just in time, transform the world through the power of knowledge.

But I suspect the University, as a bellwether institution in the ceaseless and unending quest to disseminate human knowledge and enlightenment, does well to stay clear of such quagmires.