Kant Vs. Schopenhauer On Enlig

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to set themselves up as their guardians." It is this immaturity and susceptibility that he seeks to pull his people from. It is easy for them to be immature, keeping a mind set of, "I need not think so long as I can pay". Pretty harsh words for his time when the threat of religious persecution was still an existent social norm. He feels man to be smarter than that. "For they would certainly learn to walk eventually after a few falls." But, man cannot do this "because he was never allowed to make the attempt."
Let man learn, Kant replies. Let him be free to speak. Let him be free to think on his own. "The public use of man's reason must always be free, and it alone can bring about enlightenment"
This is his view, his vision. "Argue as much as you like and about whatever you like, but obey." What oppression might he be referring to that man must be free from? Free from what? Free from religious misguiding. Wisdom, comes from freedom. Enlightenment comes solely from freedom of ...

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concept of inevitable fate and death. Rather a gloomy outlook, but all truthfully providing wisdom and insight into ones life, time, and place in the world.
"Evil is just what is positive; it makes our own existence felt. Happiness and satisfaction only imply some state of pain brought to an end." This is the first step to understanding human nature, to comprehend that pain is good; pain is needed to feel joy. "A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times". This pain, this suffrage is needed in life. "For if all wishes were fulfilled as soon as they arose, how would man occupy their lives? What would they do with their time?" A fine point indeed. ...

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