Hello to all! I hope that all is well with you and yours as you read this entry. It has been an exciting week here in what is my home for the next year. As you read in my previous entry, classes are underway and promising to be both challenging and enlightening. Speaking of which, this week we are discussing the period known as the Enlightenment. In preparation we have been reading some very well known, and controversial, philosophers; Kant, Foucault, and Horkheimer. The argument we are seeking to address is whether or not the Enlightenment was really all it has been claimed to be. Or did we simply trade one form of metaphorical imprisonment for another? I have very definite thoughts and beliefs regarding this question, however, you will have to drop me an e-mail
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