Enlightenment

Enlightenment, enlighten or enlightened may refer to:

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Enlightenment (spiritual), insight or awakening to the true nature of reality
- Enlightenment in Buddhism, translation of the term bodhi "awakening"
Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to the late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing:
- Scottish Enlightenment, period in 18th century Scotland
- American Enlightenment, intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States
- Enlightenment in Poland, ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland
- Russian Enlightenment, a period in the eighteenth century in which the government in Russia began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences
- Enlightenment in Spain, came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism'
- Modern Greek Enlightenment, an 18th-century national revival and educational movement in Greece
- Haskalah, Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
Enlighten Canberra, an annual arts and cultural festival in Canberra, Australia
"Enlightenment", the main artistic performance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

Enlightenment (software), an X Window System window manager
Enlighten (radiosity engine), code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, a set of graphics libraries

Project Enlightenment, an educational program
Enlightenment Intensive, a group retreat designed to enable a spiritual enlightenment