We lionize great persons of the past because we seek embodiments of wisdom who can function as sagacious advisors. But in doing so, we imperil the greater project of finding wisdom out for ourselves – a project which is, I think, plainly evident to be superior to that of adopting, simply and naively, the hard-won wisdom of others. This is, to my understanding, one of the Kant’s primary thrusts of argument in his essay What is Enlightenment?
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