Introduction
摘要
What is Enlightenment? This question can be answered in two ways. First, Enlightenment refers to a specific historical epoch, which is known to belong to the 18th century. Second, Enlightenment is regarded as a timeless guiding idea, with which reasonreasonand critiquecritique are connected. Thus, the concept of Enlightenment oscillates between history and systematics. However, this distinction is by no means as unproblematic as it may appear.