Intellectuals
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The Difference Between Public and Private Use of Reason
Ellie Benda: I think we need to think about politics as you're suggesting in a much broader sense than Benda is granting here. The public use of reason for Kant must always be free but that's distinct from our private use of reason which has to do more with our career position, especially with civic office. So he says for instance that somebody can publicly denounce taxation while also pay taxes on the income that they get from their job. And it might be fine for da Vinci in the case of these political upheavals in Florence to take a step back.
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