The Age of Enlightenment and the establishment of critical trends in German political thought

The concept of criticism and critical philosophy takes up a significant position in Western political thought, particularly after the emergence of the rational trend connected with the Age of Enlightenment and its principles of emancipation and progress. Also, it has become the spirit of civilization, the essential stimulus of creativity, and an effective manifestation of the awakening of individual and social consciousness, aimed at realizing the world, and altering it through the uncovering of human beings potentiality of strength and weakness, and the challenge of all that shackles one’s freedom and impedes one’s development and progress. Given that, enlightenment is a cultural trend that has disseminated in Europe and made the mind the sole source of knowledge. Thus, the German Illuminati strove for the success of reason and defended the legitimacy of scientific criticism by calling for social equality of individuals before reasons. The German Enlightenment went through several stages, beginning with Leibniz, Wolfe Welsung, up to Kant, being the founder of critical philosophy.