Sentence examples for moral enlightenment from inspiring English sources

Seeking further moral enlightenment, Borovikovsky in 1802 became a member of a Masonic lodge and in 1819 of a mystic sect, both of which, however, ultimately disappointed him.

That history has driven us toward moral enlightenment -- and then left the final choice to us, with momentous stakes -- is scary but inspiring.

As is evident from the reaction to an article written by abolitionist Sarah Grimké in 1838, many readers were committed to the cause of moral enlightenment, but most women ultimately were forced to rely on male authority figures.

My suspicion is that most of us would be quite surprised by the things our grandchildren will condemn us for, and that the more our predictions amount to praise for our current, farseeing moral enlightenment, the more sceptical we ought to be.If we don't assume that history is a story of progressive evolution, we could ask a different but parallel question.

This implies that moral enlightenment cannot be indigenous.

He claims that moral enlightenment cannot be caused by non-enlightenment.

Hobbes' conception of human beings as fundamentally motivated by their perception of what is in their own best interest implies the challenge, important for Enlightenment moral philosophy, to construct moral duties of justice and benevolence out of such limited materials.

Rationality allowed a solitary thinker to blaze a path to philosophical, moral and scientific enlightenment.

Influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment, moral philosophy reconciled science with religion, which marched together for human progress.

Christian philosophers thought about perfectibility in relation to God, i.e., moral perfectibility, and Enlightenment writers conceived of it in terms of education and self-rule.

Read the full review The long awaited return to Glyndebourne of Mozart's study of the conflicting moral values of Enlightenment Europe and the Ottoman empire was flawlessly directed by David McVicar, and included a formidable debut from German bass Tobias Kehrer as Osmin.