| German prose writers, Sarah AUSTIN - 1841 - 388 pages
...Aufkliirung. A more significant title would be, "A plea for the liberty of philosophizing."—TRANSLATOR. without the guidance of another. Sapere aude ! —have...nature has emancipated them from the guidance of others (naturaliter majorennes), voluntarily remain in a state of pupilage during their whole lives ; and... | |
| Walter Kaufmann - Philosophy - 1974 - 556 pages
...without the guidance of another. And this minority is self-incurred when it is caused by the lack, not of understanding, but of determination and courage...guidance of another. Sapere aude! Have the courage to avail yourself of your own understanding — that is the motto of the Enlightenment." The early Nietzsche... | |
| Walter A. Kaufmann - Philosophy - 1978 - 482 pages
...without the guidance of another. And this minority is selfincurred when it is caused by the lack, not of understanding, but of determination and courage to use it without the guidance of another. Sapere audel Have the courage to avail yourself of your own understanding— that is the motto of the Enlightenment."... | |
| Jay Fliegelman - History - 1982 - 344 pages
...self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . . . "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a large part of mankind gladly remain... | |
| Shelly Tenenbaum - Religion - 1994 - 296 pages
...Place of Theology," 12. "Dare to Know": Feminism and the Discipline of Jewish Philosophy "Dare to Know (Sapere aude). Have the courage to use your own understanding, is therefore the motto of the Enlightenment." — Kant, "What Is Enlightenment?" To date, feminism has made no impact on the... | |
| James Schmidt - History - 1996 - 582 pages
...if its cause lies not in the lack of understanding but rather in the lack of the resolution and the courage to use it without the guidance of another....Have the courage to use your own understanding! is thus the motto of enlightenment.2 Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a great part of mankind,... | |
| Simon Jarvis - Philosophy - 1998 - 314 pages
...-incurred immaturity [Unmundigkeit]. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's reason without the direction of another . . . Sapere aude! have the courage to use your own understanding, is therefore the chosen maxim of enlightenment.'20 It may initially be surprising to hear one of the authors of the... | |
| Lisa Rosner, John Theibault - History - 2000 - 478 pages
...use his own understanding without guidance from church, prince, or emperor. "Dare to know!" he wrote. '"Have the courage to use your own understanding,' is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."1 His cry was taken up by writers throughout Europe, who came to be known collectively... | |
| Harold Netland - Religion - 2001 - 372 pages
...but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude!) "Have the courage to use your own understanding" is therefore the motto of the Enlightenment." In the same essay Kant links the enlightened use of reason to the themes of freedom... | |
| Mark Mangano - Religion - 2001 - 332 pages
...but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment/ Modernism also asserted the inevitability of societal evolution — society would... | |
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