Quote by: Immanuel Kant

...new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses. For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue!' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill!' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay!' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe!' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom.


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  • NameImmanuel Kant
  • DescriptionGerman philosopher
  • BornApril 22, 1724
  • DiedFebruary 12, 1804
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Anthropologist; Physicist; Librarian; Writer; Educationist
  • WorksCritique Of Pure Reason; Critique Of Practical Reason; Critique Of Judgment; Prolegomena To Any Future Metaphysics; Answering The Question: What Is Enlightenment?; The Metaphysics Of Morals; Religion Within The Bounds Of Bare Reason