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Kant On Enlightenment

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Throughout history there have been leaders who were willing to take a stand towards their point and try to change society for the better. During the enlightenment period society needed to steer away from nonage and they needed leaders like Immanuel Kant, Martin Luther, Pico della Mirandola, Thomas Jefferson and so many more to show them the path to enlightenment. Nonage is a state of mind where people only follow what they are told to do and do not think outside of the box for themselves or create their own path in life, but enlightenment pulls society away from nonage and makes them see that they have free will and the ability to not follow the church or government. Immanuel Kant speaks out in his essay called, What is Enlightenment, and tries to make society understand the concept of freedom. Throughout his essay he explains how you should never follow others but instead create your own path in life. He explains how to escape nonage and expresses how you cannot restrict your freedom when trying to break free of nonage. You need all of your free will and own creativity to escape nonage. Kant explains how …show more content…

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence to break free from the control of Great Britain by unionizing the thirteen colonies. He speaks out about freedom and equality within society and shows them what freedom can do to their lives. He connects to enlightenment and supports it because he creates the birth of freedom for America. Thomas Jefferson says, “that all men are equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights”. When he says this he makes society realize that everyone may be different but we are all equal and we all have the same amount of freedom and rights. But with that freedom we can do amazing things towards the path to

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