الفيلسوف كانت، مثل روسو من قبله، يعجب للرأي القائل إن هنالك شعوب غير متعودة على الحرية... وإنّ اعتبار الحرية غير ذات قيمة لمن هم تحت سيطرة الغير إنما هو تعدٍّ على الخالق الذي منحه إياها: "He cannot, he says, accept the proposition that certain people “are not ripe for freedom,” for example, the serfs of some landlord: If one accepts this assumption, freedom will never be achieved; for one can not arrive at the maturity for freedom without having already acquired it; one must be free to learn how to make use of one’s powers freely and usefully. The first attempts will surely be brutal and will lead to a state of affairs more painful and dangerous than the former condition under the dominance but also the protection of an external authority. However, one can achieve reason only through one’s own experiences and one must be free to be able to undertake them. . . . To accept the principle that freedom is worthless for those under one’s control and that one has the right to refuse it to them forever, is an infringement on the rights of God himself, who has created man to be free." Kant
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:35:12 +0000
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