HUMA 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Public Reason, Philosophes, Buzzword
9 Dec 2015
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Monarchs exploit the arts for its political purpose. Towards end of 17th century new sphere of intellectual engagement. Ideas were exchanged through letters, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and meetings. Was the idea that scholars could regardless of national background, form a. Newspapers: the news is what is new it is a time word. Kaspar stieler (1632 1702) defender of newspapers, he says: news serves a function for the person engaged in public life. Social gathering of intellectual elites who discussed current ideas and events. They were generalists in their thought about their world. Enlightenment ( essay by kant) was also a buzzword from the time. Magazine asked public to answer what is enlightenment . Enlightenment is release from self-incurred tutelage (being taught by; Self-incurred tutelage means you have been taught by someone. Release from not having courage to use our own reason. Kant writes the critique of pure reason, the critique of practical.
