ENGL 3251H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Civil Society, Ten Commandments
18 Sep 2015
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Saw kant"s argument for reason as a natural factuality, how it can free us from the chains that bind us. Tutelage related to the word tutor , referring to education. Religion is the most dangerous form of tutelage because you can"t reason with it. Religion always saying obey and you don"t question it. Religion being the most dangerous enemy because of the fear and lack of reason with it. Religion of all these forms of tutelage should be susceptible to debate. Kant presenting an anti-revolution solution: wordsworth learning better through nature. Staying a barbarian if you don"t get an enlightened education matthew"s point. Wordsworth saying you can"t learn through books yet he is writing books paradox. Attacking wordsworth for being anti-social because he is sitting out in nature by himself. Civil society contains institutions; sciences and arts (acting as chains: rousseau. First discourse about military sparta vs. athens (luxury) Wealth acting as a taste of luxury and weakens people.
