Immanuel Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" (1784)
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Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another.
— Immanuel Kant on Higher self
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another." in the context of "Immanuel Kant, "What is Enlightenment?" (1784)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Higher self" (K)
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