Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own reason! This is the motto of the… — Immanuel Kant
Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own reason! This is the motto of the Enlightenment.
In the original German
Sapere aude! Habe Muth dich deines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen! ist also der Wahlspruch der Aufklärung.
What is Enlightenment? · 1784
★ 3.7"Sapere aude" is a Latin phrase meaning "dare to know."
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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. "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? [Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Dec. 1784.
