In fact, many people start questioning their own spiritual journey, feeling unworthy and incapable of achieving enlightenment. Looking down upon others, judging them, or feeling superior to them ...

Before the Enlightenment discovered natural rights, most people had no rights, speech was restricted, and few governments were accountable to their subjects. Enlightenment ideals are still common ...

Napoleon also restored slavery in the French Caribbean in 1802 and denied equal rights to free people of color. 7. The Enlightenment did not put an end to slavery. A common misconception about the ...

The utter impossibility of his love led Hafiz to God. After many 40-day prayer-vigils, his moment of ‘God-realisation’ or ...

In this maelstrom of death, destruction and debt, it wasn’t only the rivers of blood that appeared to herald the end of Enlightenment. It was hoped trade might unify people, countries and ...