What is enlightenment? (Video)

A short video based on Immanuel Kant’s “What is enlightenment?”

“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use more…one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. This immaturity is self-incurred if its cause is not lack of understanding, but lack of resolution and courage to use it without the guidance of another. The motto of enlightenment is therefore: Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own understanding!” – Immanuel Kant, “What is Enlightenment”

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~ by metadave on August 9, 2007.