The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the seventeenth century as well, though others term the previous era the "Age of Reason." For the present purposes, these two eras are split; however, it is acceptable to think of them joined as one long period.Europe had been ravaged by ...
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...
But that the public should enlighten itself is more possible; indeed, if only freedom is granted, enlightenment is almost sure to follow. For there will always be some independent thinkers, even among the established guardians of the great masses, who, after throwing off the yoke of tutelage f...
Modernity 是Enlightenment的延续发展,还是割裂脱离? Envisage modernity rather as an attitude (a bit like what the Greeks called an ethos) than as a period of history… 60人阅读
is thus the motto of enlightenment.It is because of laziness and cowardice that so great a part of humankind, after nature has long since emancipated them from other people’s direction (naturaliter maiorennes), nevertheless gladly remains minors for life, and that it becomes so easy for other...
Robertson focuses exclusively on the era of the "Enlightenment" (c. 16801790), eschewing overt "presentism" to treat a wide range of authors and works as they addressed one another in the context of the events and developments of the period, mainly in Britain, France, and Germany. Friedman...
What_is_Enlightenment IMMANUEL KANTAn Answer to the Question: "What is Enlightenment?" Konigsberg in Prussia, 30th September, 1784.Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. Immaturityis the inability to use one's own understanding without the guidance of another.This ...
For enlightenment of this kind, all that is needed is freedom. And the freedom in question is the most innocuous form of all--freedom to make public use of one's reason in all matters. But I hear on all sides the cry: Don't argue! The officer says: Don't argue, get on parade!
The novel's protagonist, Candide, experienced love and romance early in his life, then is forced to take part in a war in which he learns firsthand about the cruelty and torture it engenders. Slavery While the Enlightenment was a period in which coffee houses, scientific advancements and ...
I mean that this work done at the limits of ourselves must, on the one hand, open up a realm of historical inquiry and, on the other, put itself to the test of reality, of contemporary reality, both to grasp the points where change is possible and desirable, and to determine the ...