Wednesday, January 21, 2009
An Enlightenment Classic
Immanuel Kant's What Is Enlightenment?. Note that, in Prussia, he's living under a dictatorship, so he doesn't make the noises about political freedom that you'd hear in England and America: it's more about freedom of thought and expression than freedom from governmental coercion in one's behavior. Contrast the broader demands for freedom made by Jefferson.
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