Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoAre people more enlightened today than they were 100 years ago?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareAre people more enlightened today than they were 100 years ago?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoDefine enlightened. I think people might be more informed in certain cases, but not more enlightened.
minus-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoNot the definition but an historical definition. A philosophical movement of the 1700s that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms.
Define enlightened. I think people might be more informed in certain cases, but not more enlightened.
Not the definition but an historical definition.