Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long since discharged them from external direction, nevertheless remains under lifelong tutelage.
— Immanuel Kant Early Modern

Critique of Pure Reason

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What is Enlightenment?

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1784

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