Immanuel Kant

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Kant, Immanuel. "Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht [Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Nov. 1784.

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Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.

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Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own reason! This is the motto of the Enlightenment.

Immanuel Kant

What is Enlightenment?

"Sapere aude" is a Latin phrase meaning "dare to know."

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Kant, Immanuel. "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? [Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Dec. 1784.

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Kant, Immanuel. "An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment'?" Kant: Political Writings, edited by H. S. Reiss, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Kant, Immanuel. Critik der praktischen Vernuft [Critique of Practical Reason]. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788, conclusion.

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Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Practical Reason, translated by Mary Gregor. Cambridge University Press, 2015, conclusion.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.

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Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.