Kant: What is Enlightenment?

Kant What Is Enlightenment?

Introduction

A person's self-imposed immaturity leads to the emergence of enlightenment. Immaturity is a stage that overwhelms man, and after overcoming the natural instincts, a person becomes an independent thinker who possesses the ability to decide and understand the things at his own without any fear. Kant holds a view that we are not enlightened, but we do live in an age of enlightenment. This essay aims at defending this claim of Kant by providing information from his piece of writings.

Discussion

In one of the presentations, Kant asked the audience a question that do we, live ...