In June 2018, Henry Kissinger published an article inTheAtlantictitled “How the Enlightenment Ends.” At first glance, the article seems to suggest that the Enlightenment, the “Age of Reason,” has been put to an end by artificial intelligence. Machines that have the capacity for analysis an...
It was a pivotal point in European history, paving the way for centuries of history afterward, but what was ‘The Enlightenment’? Why is it called ‘The Enlightenment’? Why did the period end? The Enlightenment Period is also referred to as the Age of Reason and the “long 18th century...
The Enlightenment (French: Siècle des Lumières; German: Aufklärung; Italian: Illuminismo; Spanish: Ilustración; Portuguese: Iluminismo) was an eighteenth century movement in European and American philosophy — some classifications also include 17th century philosophy (usually called the Age of Reaso...
First, “Baby boomers” were born in the great increase (the boom) of births after World War II (1946–1960), followed by “Generation X” people (born 1960–1980) who were said to bring new attitudes of being independent, informal, entrepreneurial, and expected to get skills and have a...
The fact that most older people do not live long means that they do not have more time to pursue self-actualization and contribute value to society. Although there are many studies on the longevity of the elderly, the limitations of traditional statistic
mindfulness can transform your existence for the better. Frequently, individuals look to mindfulness meditation in difficult times — during a divorce or breakup, after losing a loved one, being diagnosed with a critical illness, or simply in the middle of an extra stressful period in their lives...
The book returned to publication during the Khrushchev period, after Stalin’s death, though even then it was not much read. Boris Kolonitsky, a leading historian of the revolution, found his vocation when he happened on a copy of the book at the age of 14. Today Kolonitsky is first ...
enlightenment. You can see why religions get such easy unquestioning following when humans can still so easily prefer to slip into easy belief in, or conformity with, buggaboos – rather than understand reality and question authority as critical thinking of a secular education taught them to. Or...
(among other medals) and set an indoor world record (which was the absolute record for 6 years).Duplantis, competing for Sweden, at the young age of 24 has already won 2 gold medals at the Olympics (Tokyo and Paris) and 2 World Championships (among other medals) and has already set 9...
Anthropology, the study of the origin and development of human societies and cultures, has been a focal point for centuries. The field gained importance in Europe's Age of Enlightenment, which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries. During that period, there was a pronounced focus on advanci...