Hey class, my name is Zhongyu(JongYo as it pounced).  Zhang. I’m a junior majoring accounting now. And currently minor in the photograph. I love to travel and capture this city, New York.

What is enlightenment? To answer this question shortly, Kant simply exclaimed a motto:  Sapere Aude. Which means dare to know or dare to be wise. To achieve this, people should learn and get used to having their own understanding without the guidance of another. Kent believes that we all should have the courage to live mentally independent. However, it is not easy to reach. Kent argued that “Laziness” and “Cowardice” are two factors why it’s hard to jump out of the box. First, it easy to set ourselves into others’ guidance. Following a guidance makes life much more convent. Second, it’s been so long people wearing chains and balls that already forget what the freedom is. People lost their courage to think due to the authorities’, like Church and the Monarchy, intimidate. On the other hand, the resource of knowledge to help to people think indecently was taken by authorities. It is risky to not following the guidance. But people should not be frightened.

I think we are still far away from enlightenment even though we are not or less restricted to following the guidance. But we just naturally love to. We are so sightless and lack of understanding. Internet gave us great freedom to speak out, but people just retweet without any thinking. We love Wikipedia because there will be no more research in the library. It has been a long time since 1784 the year Kent wrote the article, people still can not “jump out of box”. And we never thought about this phase. How to? Or, Shall we?