GER 1790 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sapere Aude, Immanuel Kant, Scientific Revolution
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Lecture 2: the enlightenment or the age of reason. Enlightenment is man"s emergence from his self-imposed nonage . Nonage is the inability to use one"s own understanding without another"s guidance. Absolute power: union of the state, army, and church. Profound changes were made in: the influence of the church the social order; questioning the feudal system the class system education international relations and nations . Was influenced by french culture and thought. Female participation increased in salons and in the arts. For this reason the education of women should always be relative to men. Was a freelance writer, playwright, literary critic, and theorist put bourgeoisie on stage, and had successful comedies and tragedies. German on stage put plays on at the national theatre of hamburg. Orthodoz lutheran religious dogmatism vs. enlightened faith based in reason. Was not performed is a dramatic poem is set in 1192 jerusalem. Its central scene = the parable of the rings.
