human
or deity. Already the metaphysics of the Leibnitz-Wolff school were discredited; [1436] and so far Kant could count on a fair hearing for a system which rejected that of the schools. Certainly he meant his book to be an antidote to the prevailing religious credulity.
gpt
Henceforth there were to be no more dreams of ghost-seers, metaphysicians, and enthusiasts. [1437] On his own part, however, no doubt in sympathy with the attitude of many of his readers, there followed a species of intuitional reaction. In his short essay What is Freethinking? [1438] (1784) he defines Aufklärung or freethinking as
human
; and
gpt
as the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance.
human
Sapere aude; dare to use thine own understanding, he declares to be the motto of freethought: and he dwells on the laziness of spirit which keeps men in the state of minority, letting others do their thinking for them as the doctor prescribes their medicine. In this spirit he justifies the movement of rational criticism while insisting, justly enough, that men have still far to go ere they can reason soundly in all things. If, he observes,
gpt
There is still great lack of capacity among men in general to think for themselves, free of leading-strings.
human
Only slowly can a community (Publikum) attain to freethinking. But he repeats that
gpt
: and he pays a high tribute to the king who repudiated even the arrogant pretence of
human
and alone among monarchs said to his subjects,
gpt
Reason as you will; only obey!
human
against the
gpt
reason, as other theists before him had set up faith against science, or the
human
against the
gpt
and as theists to-day exalt the
human
against