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Berlin: Haude & Spener, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. What is Enlightenment? KANT, Immanuel. Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? (Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?) in Berlinische Monatsschrift. Haude & Spener, Berlin, 1784. [viii], 576 pp. 12mo. First Printing [Warda 85]. First printing of Kant's famous reply to the question 'What is Enlightenment?' (pp. 481-494). In this essay, appearing in the December issue, Kant responds to the question posed the previous year by Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner. Many intellectuals responded with essays of their own, but Kants stands as the most important as he unexpectedly claims courage more than intellect stands as the critical component for an enlightened individual and society.The volume also includes Moses Mendelssohn's answer to the same question (pp. 193-200), and one other essay by Kant: 'Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht' (pp. 385-411). Adickes 50 and 51. SCARCE. Rarely found in the… Read More