2) Enlightenment. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...reaction of romanticism. The Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot epitomized the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, as it is also called. 3 An International...

3) Voltaire. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment, often attacking injustice and intolerance. He wrote Candide (1759) and the Philosophical...

4) 11607. Chayefsky, Paddy. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment. ATTRIBUTION:Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981), U.S. author, screenwriter,...

5) Reason, Age of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Reason, Age of, see Enlightenment....

6) 26907. Harrison, Benjamin. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:26907 QUOTATION:Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment. The system of universal education is in our age the most prominent...

7) 31793. Jung, Carl. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...own psyche. This is the World Power that vastly exceeds all other powers on earth. The Age of Enlightenment, which stripped nature and human institutions of gods,...

8) Buddha 1. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Indian mystic and founder of Buddhism. He began preaching after achieving supreme enlightenment at the age of 35....

9) Reason, Age of. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Reason, Age of Another name for the Enlightenment. 1...

10) age of reason. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...era in which rationalism prevails, especially the period of the Enlightenment in England, France, and the United States. 2. An age at which a person is considered...