Bohuslaus of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein. A Poet between Nations and Denominations by Marta Vaculínová

“…In parallel, his legacy lived on in the German Lutheran lands, where his first brief monograph was written and reprints of his works were published. The Enlightenment provided a less polarizing view of Hassenstein, though paradoxically it was a Jesuit, Ignatius Cornova, who has written the most comprehensive monograph on Hassenstein to date. …”
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Historiography in Vilnius University from 1803 to 1832: between education and romanticizm by Mečislovas Jučas

“…In Vilnius he created an understanding of the historical science of the Enlightenment. It was based on the philosophy of the Enlightenment and historical documents. …”
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MEGA-PROJECT OF THE SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY by Sergey I. Kolesnikov

“…The Southern Federal University serves as an effective platform for consolidation of education, enlightenment, science, innovations and management in the field ofa sustainable development ofthe Azov-Black Sea basin. …”
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GADAMER'İN FELSEFİ HERMENEUTİĞİNDE 'ÖNYARGI KAVRAMI ve DÜŞÜNDÜRDÜKLERİ by Ramazan Ertürk

“…According to Gadamer, our concept of prejudice—as is today—is constituted by the Enlightenment thought. This concept is both an ill-founded and an ill-functioning concept. …”
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Modern Art Museum in the structure of “Cascade” in Yerevan by Роман Селиванов, Грач Шагинян

“… The creation of a museum of modern art within the structure of the “Cascade” complex in Yerevan is of great importance for the modern development of the city, increasing tourist flow and cultural enlightenment. Due to its location, the museum becomes a communication pedestrian hub between Kentron and Kanaker-Zeytun districts and provides pedestrian accessibility to the outer and inner parts of the complex. …”
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POSTMODERNISM AND POSITIVISM by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…With an interesting exception, namely Hume, it is regarded by postmodernists as an embodiment of everything what is the worst in the Spirit of Enlightenment: its emphasis on wholeness, unity, and unequivocalness of knowledge. …”
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Holistic Spirituality in Gail Godwin’s Life and Fiction: Father Melancholy’s Daughter, The Good Husband, and Evensong by Elaine LUX

“…Marriage is thus a spiritual metaphor for the marriage of the soul with Christ and a Jungian symbol of the divided self that needs to synthesize its contraries even as it is a daily living out of mundane human existence. All three seek “enlightenment [. . .] through the development of an imaginative vision that can transform [them] as individuals and help bring about the enlightenment of others” (Heart, 83-84). …”
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Skrifbeskouing en oorredingsretoriek: perspektiewe op performatiewe prediking by Johan Cilliers

“…The critique that has been levelled against this understanding of Scripture and preaching, initiated through the mind-set of the Enlightenment (Kant), gaining momentum since the Second World War, and coming to full fruition in the so-called postmodernism, is briefly addressed. …”
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POSTMODERNISM AND POSITIVISM by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…With an interesting exception, namely Hume, it is regarded by postmodernists as an embodiment of everything what is the worst in the Spirit of Enlightenment: its emphasis on wholeness, unity, and unequivocalness of knowledge. …”
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Les procès d’animaux en Lorraine (XIVe-XVIIIe siècles) by Laurent Litzenburger

“…This is part of the long-term revival of antiquity to the humanist tought and the emergence of the Enlightenment. How to explain that, during these period, societies found it perfectly reasonable to prosecute animals and insects?…”
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Loen et Voltaire : une controverse métaphysique by Catherine Julliard

“…It reveals the importance of metaphysical debates and the power of argumentative and polemical speeches during the Enlightenment, when different reflections on the notion of soul were clashing. …”
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Genre features of the bibliographic section in “The Bulletin of the Novgorod Zemstvo” by Barashkova Daria Sergeevna

“…The problem lies in the relatively insufficient attention given to regional publications of the aforementioned period and their contribution to cultural enlightenment. The aim of the work is to identify how “The Bulletin” contributed to the formation of literary preferences and the improvement of education levels among ordinary people.…”
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Rationalisme communicationnel et rationalisme critique : la place de la philosophie habermassienne dans la pensée éducative contemporaine by Alain Firode

“…Although it is rarely referred to in contemporary pedagogical literature, Karl Popper's "critical rationalism" is another attempt to restore meaning to rationalism and its values, beyond the criticism of Enlightenment universalism by twentieth-century authors. …”
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From the City as Forest to Forest-City by Michele Caja

“…The relationship between city, architecture and nature dates back to the idea of city set up by the Enlightenment. A new idea of city surrounded by nature would had replace the compactness of the Baroque urban structure. …”
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Les désastres de la guerre by Jean-Philippe Chimot

“…Today, the strength of Goya’s Disasters lies perhaps in his premonition of the unbearable cruelty that nations reserve for one another, as though the Enlightenment had from that moment on accentuated the shadows which are still surrounding us.…”
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Traduceri şi traducători în scrisul beletristic din secolul al XVIII-lea by Gheorghe Chivu

“…During the 18th century, numerous Neo-Greek fiction texts, but also an increased number of texts of Italian, French or Spanish literatures were translated into Romanian by secular scholars, and often by clerics influenced by the Enlightenment. These translations, generally not part of a program, simply illustrating the intellectual disposition of the scholars of that time, renewed the Romanian fictional writing thematically and rhetorically, setting the stage for the profound changes that will appear in the first decades of the 19th century.…”
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Une relecture de l’événement : La chute du Royaume arabe de Damas en 1920 by Jean-David Mizrahi

“…Therefore, we have, first and foremost, sought to understand the transformations of the Syrian political arena in those days in the light of economic and social changes that affected the Bilâd al-Shâm during a long Ottoman 19th century, before exploring the intellectual history and that of representations, and being aware that the civilizing example of the Arabian kingdom, inherited from the Europe of the Enlightenment, was eventually bound to come up against a radical and populist trend in the Arab nationalism.…”
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Electricity and Static: Franklin and his British compatriots by Robert Mankin

“…The aim of the essay is to suggest that Franklin was neither a child of the British or European Enlightenment nor one of its toys. And though he may have been touted very generally as an inspiration, he was closer to a foreign force with which, intellectually as well as a politically, it had to contend. …”
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Dilthey, Nietzsche and the Two Faces of Culture by Charles S. Herrman

“…Both authors recognize various legitimate claims on behalf of the Romantics, while also admiring certain Enlightenment doctrines as well. While Dilthey recommends cross-cultural understanding, Nietzsche puts forth his Zarathustrian ideal as a general solution to mankind’s problems, cultural and otherwise. …”
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CAREER-GUIDANCE AND DIGITALIZATION AS LINKS OF ONE PROBLEM by V. Lukin, V. Dikarev

“…The methods of work on professional information distribution, professional enlightenment, professional selection, professional education, professional social adaptation are revealed. …”
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