An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment?'

Resumen del libro

Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he investigates human progress, civilization, morality and why, to be truly enlightened, we must all have the freedom and courage to use our own intellect.


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Biografía del autor

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): su obra supone un punto de inflexión en la historia del pensamiento, y la modernidad no ha dejado de autoproclamarse reiteradamente como su heredera. No es extraño, pues, que se decida prestar atención a sus textos en una época como la nuestra, más proclive a hacer balances que a incrementar por sí misma su patrimonio. Ésta puede ser la explicación de que últimamente vengan proliferando tanto las traducciones del filósofo de Königsberg.