Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?

Von Immanuel Kant

Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? ist ein Essay, der 1784 von dem Philosophen Immanuel Kant geschrieben wurde. Kant lieferte in diesem Aufsatz seine Definition der Aufklärung.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Booklassic
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29. Juni 2015
• ISBN: 9789635263387

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and is known as one of the foremost thinkers of Enlightenment. He is widely recognized for his contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics.

Rezensionen für Beantwortung der Frage

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Written during the period known as the Enlightenment, the author attempts to explain basic principles to his reader. He explains the concept of the republican government, and why it is essential to perpetual peace. The philosopher is confident that human kind is progressing toward a better state. The optimism of the Enlightenment, and the belief in the capacity of humans for rationally reworking the world, is on full display.

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Written during the period known as the Enlightenment, the author attempts to explain basic principles to his reader. He explains the concept of the republican government, and why it is essential to perpetual peace. The philosopher is confident that human kind is progressing toward a better state. The optimism of the Enlightenment, and the belief in the capacity of humans for rationally reworking the world, is on full display.

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Enlightenment, according to Kant, is having the courage to make your own decisions. Many people remain uneducated and childish because it is easier not to know. It is easier to rely on other people’s decisions and arguments rather than investigate and figure out what you really think about something.

I think I’d agree with him. And of course today there is so much information readily available on the internet that it is overwhelming. How much easier is it to share an outrage filter link than actually think and do a bit of research, find out the truth and realise that outrage is easy but not always true.

Enlightenment is the opposite of the click-bait headline.

So far, in my very limited reading I’m going to say I agree with Kant and not with Jean-Jacques Rousseau.