Kant also recognized that he lives in an enlightened age however not in theage of enlightenment. The same can also provoke thoughts about the current state of the world now. In Kant’s eyes, although he provided the blueprint to enlightenment, no one seems to follow it (Kant). In this ...
(2) there is Enlightenment whenthe universal, the free, and the public uses of reasonare superimposed on one another. Private use of reason: when he is a ‘cog in a machine’, where he has to apply particular rules and pursue particular ends. Kant does not ask that people practice a b...
I could write volumes in response to this question. In a nutshell, the answer is that Enlightenment is very relevant — much more that you probably think. It begins with this: The singular realization that seems to be at the center of Enlightenment is how insanely unlikely it is that you ...
What Is Enlightenment?——Michel Foucault, 1978；translation by Mathew Henson, 1992 Today when a periodical asks its readers a question, it does so in order to collect opinions on some subject about which everyone has an opinion already; there is not much likelihood of learning anything new. ...
In particular, special interest has been paid to the long-neglected Catholic Enlightenment, which entailed many strands of thought by Catholic intellectuals and political leaders who attempted to renew and reform Catholicism from the middle of the 18th to the early 19th century. This renewal was an...
Hal Blacker, a contributing editor for What Is Enlightenment?, has described the topic of this special issue of the magazine in the following way (although this repeats statements made elsewhere in this issue, it is nonetheless worth quoting at length, simply because of its eloquence, straightforw...
the world I was living in was changing at a faster and faster rate, I knew I could no longer look to the past in order to find out how to live a human life. I had to find the answers for myself. And it was this very inquiry that led to the birth of What is Enlightenment?
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4. Enlightenment as political problem: How to assure freedom of public use of reason? a. Age of Frederick b. 'Contract of rational despotism with free reason' D. K’s essay as 'crossroads' of the three Critiques and the history writings E. Uniqueness of K's essay once again: ref...
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...