—Anonymous After my first-time reading Kant’s view on what Enlightenment is on a Sunday, I couldn’t help but think about its inherent view on religion. Being Christian myself, there are a lot of ways to perceive Kant’s writing. A lot of what Kant states in his view on enlightenment is opposite to what Christians typically […]
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The Enlightenment is still relevant
—Anonymous I consider Immanuel Kant’s work on “What is Enlightenment” to be a great work because even though the enlightenment occurred in the 17th and 18th century, it is still relevant to our society today. There are some points in the reading, points brought up back in the 17th century about how humans are obedient […]
The complexity of being human
— Anonymous I read the text “What is Enlightenment” by Immanuel Kant in the school library at the beginning of the semester. In my opinion, what makes a great literature is that it should have a theme and it should explain the relevance of the theme. The excerpt from Immanuel Kant has an essential theme […]
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man is one of the most profound poems I’ve ever read…
— Jeremy Ramirez Alexander Pope, An Essay On Man is one of the most profound poems I’ve ever read. It left me feeling confused and unsettled because it hit on topics that I always been curious about. Pope argues that man shouldn’t be poking their noses into nature, leave nature as it is because then […]
