PHL217H1 Lecture : Lecture 3
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If that"s the project, very little of this project seems to make its way into what is enlightenment. You can make the case that kant must have somehow given, in a publicly accessible form, a piece on enlightenment. Reason has authority, but not of a dictatorial kind. What makes reason authoritative without being dictatorial is the agreement of free citizens without coercion, i. e. by use of exclusively reason itself. A distinction between philosophy for a broader audience, and for specialists. That distinction in turn is relevant to the content and form of kant"s article. There are obvious stylistic differences between his technical and popular philosophical works; in the philosophy itself there is some sort of a commitment to philosophy making its way into popular forums. Commitment to philosophy"s role in the freedom of expression. Freedom of belief (conscience) and freedom of expression. 2 is a relatively new historical distinction, replacing the old distinction of exoteric vs. esoteric views.