#intellectual-freedom

#intellectual-freedom

By my lights, they are getting ready to practice freedom in the service of learning. Back in the 18th century, the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that enlightenment was freedom from self-imposed immaturity, describing how the process of education was the practice of freedom. When people learn-embarking on the journey of thinking for themselves in the company of others-they are experimenting with choice, autonomy, relationship and discipline.