Episode #061 ... Kant pt. 6 - What is Enlightenment?

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 June 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Kant’s answer to the question “What is enlightenment?” We begin by recounting the story of how Kant came to answer this question in the first place and why this was an important question to consider at the time. Next, we examine why Kant believed that we impose immaturity on ourselves by outsourcing our thinking to others. Finally, we discuss why it takes courage to think for yourself and the importance of “daring to be wise." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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0:39.9	It was a cold, dark, cloud-covered night in the year 1783, a small handful of European revolutionaries
0:47.8	gathered together in secret to discuss their future plans.
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