HIST 215 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Metaphysics, Anabaptism, Immanuel Kant

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 215
• Professor: Anastassios Anastassiadis

Document Summary

Enlightenment: a mans release from his self-incurred tutelage-courage to use your own reason. Most believe the step to competence is dangerous. Guardians make their domestic cattle(citizens) dumb and won"t dare to challenge them and show them dangers in doing so. Incapable of making use of his own reason and grows to like being this way. Few exercise their mind in freeing themselves from incompetence. Revolution may end tyranny but it won"t cause a true reform of the ways of thinking- new prejudices will emerge in the unthinking population. Freedom is the only thing require-freedom to make use of reason. Public use of reason must always be free- as a scholar. Private use of reason: narrowly restricted without hindering process- using reason in a civil office. Interest of the community- requires mechanism where members of community must passively conduct themselves so the government can lead them to public ends- you must obey.