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Kant's Response To The Enlightenment

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Kant's purpose for writing, "What is Enlightenment", was for giving an answer to a Reverend. Reverend Johann Friedrich Zollners wanted to know what Enlightenment was, so Kant filled him in on Enlightenment. A lot of other scholars tried to answer the Reverend's question, but Kant's response was the most famous one. Enlightenment is a term that is used to refer to reason. People started thinking for themselves, they started questioning the church. People during this time realized that Church wasn't taking them anywhere, the church was just taking their money instead. This is why people started questioning authority. After they started questioning they started thinking. People started thinking about humanity, science, literature, and art instead
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