Nov 02, 2009 13:20
"Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long since discharged them from external direction, nevertheless remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a physician who decides my diet, and so forth, I need not trouble myself. I need not think, if I can only pay* - others will easily undertake the irksome work for me."
- Immanuel Kant, from "What is Enlightenment?"
*or, at least, if someone can pay