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What Is Enlightenment?
In 17 84, the prussian german philosopher emmanuel kant wrote a short essay called answering the question, what is enlightenment? Kant says, you have to dare to know things on your own. He doesn't necesarily mean someone who's appointed a university. This was the dream of the enlightenment, to build a society on reason and knowledge rather than faith and dogma. Diderot and dalambert strove to dismantle the power of authority and give the power instead to the individual.
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