Kant's Conception of Pedagogy: Toward Education for Freedom

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K A N T ’ S C O N C E P T I O N O F P E D A G O G Y Topics in Historical Philosophy General Editors David Kolb John McCumber Associate Editor Anthony J. Steinbock K A N T ’ S C O N C E P T I O N O F P E D A G O G Y Toward Education for Freedom G. Felicitas Munzel Northwestern University Press Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu Copyright © 2012 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2012. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Munzel, G. Felicitas. Kant’s conception of pedagogy : toward education for freedom / G. Felicitas Munzel. p. cm. — (Topics in historical philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8101-2801-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804. 2. Education—Philosophy—History— 18th century. I. Title. LB575.K3M86 2012 193—dc23 2012011851 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To my friends Quot si exemeris ex rerum natura benevolentiae coniunctionem , nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit, ne agri quidem cultus permanebit. (But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide.) —Cicero, De Amicitia Justly thou abhorr’st That son [Nimrod], who on the quiet state of men Such trouble brought, affecting to subdue Rational liberty; yet know withal, Since thy original lapse, true liberty Is lost, which always with right reason dwells Twinned, and from her hath no dividual being: Reason in man obscured, or not obeyed, Immediately inordinate desires And upstart passions catch the government From reason, and to servitude reduce Man till then free. Therefore since he permits Within himself unworthy powers to reign Over free reason, God in judgment just Subjects him from without to violent lords; Who oft as undeservedly enthrall His outward freedom: tyranny must be, Though to the tyrant thereby no excuse. Yet sometimes nations will decline so low From virtue, which is reason, that no wrong, But justice, and some fatal curse annexed Deprives them of their outward liberty, Their inward lost. —Milton, Paradise Lost ...