Kant and the Enlightenment Cover Image

Kant and the Enlightenment
Kant and the Enlightenment

Author(s): Antonio Pele
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Kant; Enlightenment; Sapere Aude; Reason; Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to understand Kant’s conception of Enlightenment and, in particular the idea of “Sapere Aude” (dare to think for yourself), described in his article published in 1784 An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment ? where he defines pre-enlightened people as living in a self-imposed “minority”. In the first part of the article, I will develop this notion, along with a process of domestication of human beings. In the second part, I will examine the solutions proposed to overcome this situation, with particular emphasis on the development by the State, of the so-called “public use of reason”.

  • Issue Year: II/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 493-506
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English