Immanuel Kant proudly proclaims in his essay "An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?" ... Enlightenment is the converse state of being achieved only when one breaks away from the chains tethering their intellect to that of his fellow man. ... It seems that they have become so accustomed to living a life of immaturity that they are never able to reach a state of enlightenment. ... A good place to start on the road to enlightenment is with the study of philosophy. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The profound drive the lover has acquired in order to progress his moral and rational quests to achieve enlightenment that is attainable only through witnessing ideal beauty is unable to be comprehended. ... It is this reality that allows one to achieve enlightenment that can only be acquired through witnessing ideal beauty. ...

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According to Plato, by nature, human is a political animal. Regardless of time, culture and geography, human beings exhibit a strong political nature that constitutes their existence. This behavior seems embedded in the human DNA and seems to last as long as humanity is in existence. Plato's belief...

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With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate