The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Episode 200: Kant/Mendelssohn/Foucault on Enlightenment (Part Two)

Continuing on "What Is Enlightenment" by Immanuel Kant (1784), "On Enlightening the Mind" by Moses Mendelssohn (1784), and "What Is Enlightenment" by Michael Foucault (1984). We finish up Kant (the courage to know!) and lay out the Mendelssohn (cultivation vs. enlightenment) and Foucault (ironically heroize the present!). Will this conversation enlighten you? Who knows? Listen to <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/10/08/ep200-1-kant-mendelssohn-foucault/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">part one</a> first or get the unbroken, ad-free <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2018/10/08/ep200-kant-mendelssohn-foucault-citizen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "Holy Fool" by Love and Rockets. Listen to singer Daniel Ash on <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem-35-daniel-ash-going-against-your-own-grain/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #35</a>.

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