Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
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Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
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Guru: Zerstörer der Finsternis – Über das Verhältnis von Aufklärung und Gefolgschaft (German Podcast)
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METIS Wisdom Talks at ETH Zurich
Send us a text English Description (German below) Guest: Willi Goetschel One of the key figures of the Enlightenment was Königsberg-born philosopher Immanuel Kant. The influential thinker once spoke of his age as the true “age of criticism, to which everything must submit.” His critiques are examinations of both the possibilities and limits of human thought. He argued that reason must critically examine not only religion, legislation, ethics, and the like, but also itself. His aim was to ex...
