Analysis of Kant

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Analysis of Kant

The philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote this passage in hopes that we

understand the world better. Kant is trying to tell us that there are

many things that evolve around this world and that every little single

detail that we do makes the world what it is. In this passage Kant

uses the term enlightenment which basically means its a form of being

informed spiritually to us as humans where we must release what the

world has set in sight for us and go through our own knowledge to live

through life. Its basically forgetting about what others teach us or

had planned for us to do and make up our own path where we therefore

have our own freedom to either go left or to either go right. Kant is

saying that we as human lack a little knowledge and need a little help

from another in order to live through our lifetimes. Kant believes

that nearly everybody has to rely on one another in order to live out

their respective lives. He believes that humans are too lazy to break

past the next barrier and are only able to rely on others for

direction. Kant believes that individuals can't make up their minds

without at least one sort of direction from another. Relying on others

for answers is so vital to each individual that if it were to be taken

away, it would be the same situation as if humans had no food or water

for their survival which ultimately leads to their own death. Having

another in times of need for direction is a way of survival for all

humans. Kant believes humans can't overcome the fact that they need.

We as humans are classified as lazy mainly due to the fact that we're

not eager to...

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total power over us. We were born to make our own decisions, so if we

were to have others tell us what to do then we basically don't have a

life as people may call it. So is that what we want to have in life?

The easy way out so that we in turn don't have the free will? Nothing

comes easy in life; we should have our own free decisions and our own

thinking and not be in control by others. It is tough to overcome this

particular obstacle but we however have to give it a shot. We tend to

avoid all situations where we can get hurt and just stick with the

basic and safe situations regardless of how badly it really changes

us. Sometimes in life, sacrifices must be made and in this case we

have to keep on fighting. We must have to face that danger in order to

pursue the goal of enlightenment.

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