- What is Enlightenment?
- According to the article, "Man's release from self-incurred tutelage"
- But what does this mean?
- People are too unintelligent to do things by themselves, so they need a leader to tell them what to do
- People are too scared and lazy to think for themselves
- It's easier to pay someone else to do it for you
- People were afraid to defy the people doing the thinking for them
- People don't have to think, so they don't learn how to think for themselves, which makes them afraid to try it and fail.
- How do you break away?
- Slowly. You can't tear down a system that's been around for so long
- This system hurts everyone
- People can't think freely
- The "guardians" doing the thinking had to be responsible for the general population
- How do you become enlightened?
- Freedom
- This is difficult, because it's restricted by everything
Textbook Discussion
- To what extent is Enlightenment related to the Scientific Revolution?
- The Scientific Revolution created the proper environment for the Enlightenment
- People asked a lot of questions, which led to the Scientific Revolution
- They continued asking questions, which led to the Enlightenment
- John Locke
- If you can't see it, it didn't happen
- If you can't prove it, why are we going about these rules?
- Why do we have somebody in charge of us without there being a reason for it?
- Without a strong ruler? The center falls apart
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