Ko te whai, ko te tuku māramatanga rānei ki tētahi āhuatanga.
He rangatohe ihumanea Te Whakamahukitanga, i ara ake i Ūropi i te rautau 18, e mea ana mā te pūtaiao me ōna tikanga arorau e mārama ake ai te tangata ki tōna ao, tē whai kāpō noa iho ai i ngā mātauranga tuku iho, me ngā akoranga o te hāhi.
To have or give understanding about a particular phenomenon.
The Enlightenment was also an intellectual movement in Europe in the 18th century, which proffered that science and its logic would give people more understanding about their world, and they should not cling blindly to traditional knowledge and the teachings of the church.
Ko tā tana rangahau he whakamahuki i ngā ara e mau tonu ai te reo ake o te iwi ki roto i ngā reanga o āpōpō mai.
Hei te pō nei whakapāhotia ai ngā kōrero whakamahuki mō tēnei take.
I te wā o Te Whakamahukitanga, ka tino whāia e ōna apataki kia turakina te mana tōrangapū o te hāhi.