Insight vs Enlightenment - What's the difference?
insight | enlightenment |
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
* 1980 , Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ,
Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
The act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively
(artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
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As nouns the difference between insight and enlightenment
is that insight is a sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into while enlightenment is an act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.As a proper noun Enlightenment is
a 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.insight
English
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(en noun)- The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.