LISTEN. Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity [or "tutelage"]. 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. Sapere Aude! “Have courage to use your own understanding [or "reason"]!”--that is the motto of enlightenment.
― Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment?
Kant? Yes you can... g'r
“What is progress? You might think that the question is so subjective and culturally relative as to be forever unanswerable. In fact, it’s one of the easier questions to answer. Most people agree that life is better than death. Health is better than sickness. Sustenance is better than hunger. Abundance is better than poverty. Peace is better than war. Safety is better than danger. Freedom is better than tyranny. Equal rights are better than bigotry and discrimination. Literacy is better than illiteracy. Knowledge is better than ignorance. Intelligence is better than dull-wittedness. Happiness is better than misery. Opportunities to enjoy family, friends, culture, and nature are better than drudgery and monotony. All these things can be measured. If they have increased over time, that is progress.”― Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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Cynicism is not the word... Counting birds
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