Moses Mendelssohn's idea of a misuse and a corruption of culture and enlightenment Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Mendelssohn developed his criticism of enlightenment in ‘On the question: what does enlighten mean’. This essay is his answer to the question of the meaning of enlightenment discussed within the ‘Wednesday society’. In my contribution I first explain the debate within that society and show how the theme of a misuse of enlightenment is treated in it. Then, I successively reconstruct and analyze Mendelssohn’s idea of a misuse and a ...