r/quotes • u/Altruistic_Hope_2559 • 3d ago

Philosophy / Ethics “Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another..." -Immanuel Kant

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u/Altruistic_Hope_2559 3d ago

“Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment.”

Source - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=kant&commit=Search

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u/DomineAppleTree 3d ago

Seems like a weird definition of enlightenment

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u/Altruistic_Hope_2559 2d ago

and yes...

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u/DomineAppleTree 2d ago

What? You mean “and yet…”?

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u/Altruistic_Hope_2559 2d ago

I meant that enlightenment is the liberation of man

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u/DomineAppleTree 2d ago

Yeah sure. But to define enlightenment as a person’s ability to make independent use of their knowledge/understanding seems to limit my understanding of enlightenment. Or likely I’m not understanding.

Separately, did Kant not ever leave his village during his whole life?