Enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from self-incurred immaturity
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"Enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from self-incurred immaturity" is the central thesis of Immanuel Kant’s 1784 essay "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?", defining Enlightenment as the process by which individuals courageously use their own reason without guidance from others.
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| Enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from self-incurred immaturity canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
definition
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philosophical thesis ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | "What is Enlightenment?" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
intellectual independence
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moral self-determination ⓘ |
| associatedMotto | Sapere aude ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Age of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | obedience to external authority ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
autonomy of reason
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intellectual maturity ⓘ overcoming tutelage ⓘ use of one’s own reason ⓘ |
| criticizes | laziness and cowardice in thinking ⓘ |
| definesAs | emergence from self-incurred immaturity ⓘ |
| describes | Enlightenment (philosophy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes | courage to use one’s own understanding ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn | Kantian philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late 18th century Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
later liberal thought
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modern conceptions of autonomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment-era debates on reason and authority
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rationalism ⓘ |
| keyTerm |
immaturity (Unmündigkeit)
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private use of reason ⓘ public use of reason ⓘ self-incurred (selbstverschuldet) ⓘ |
| oftenQuotedIn |
debates on autonomy and authority
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discussions of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory | definition of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
moral philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1784 ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
critical thinking
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emancipation ⓘ intellectual freedom ⓘ self-governance of reason ⓘ |
| requires | freedom to make public use of reason ⓘ |
| statedIn | "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Kants "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?"
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Enlightenment is the human being’s emergence from self-incurred immaturity
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subject surface form:
Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?