The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It tended to lean more towards the power of human reason and innovations in political, religious and educational doctrine. It was heavily influenced by 17th century philosophers like John Locke, Voltaire, Sir Isaac Newton, Emmanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith, just to list a few.
As Emmanuel Kant says in his essay, when he refers to the Enlightenment, it is, “a man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity”. Kant basically says that man is immature and relies on others do the thinking for him, he says “If I have a book which provides meaning for me, a pastor who has conscience
As Emmanuel Kant says in his essay, when he refers to the Enlightenment, it is, “a man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity”. Kant basically says that man is immature and relies on others do the thinking for him, he says “If I have a book which provides meaning for me, a pastor who has conscience