The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

Hanchin has become the unofficial spokesperson for this cosmic enlightenment theory ... with Hanchin that this is the beginning of a new age, and not the end of the world as some believe.

The Age of Enlightenment brought us crucial inventions and discoveries in many areas including the circulation of blood, optics, scientific classification, calculus, the microscope, gravity and ...

The light bulb, says Brian Bowers, former curator of electric engineering at the Science Museum, ushered in the electrical age in the home ... and it's no coincidence that the intellectual ...

“Coming-of-age” is a category that seems to fit every other movie — “Superbad” could qualify; so could “Hamlet.” But the journey of Jenny in “An Education” is specifically that ...