Kant’s Irony when Lecturing on Prudence
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I explore the notion of prudence (Klugheit) as part of Kantian pedagogy. Prudence is the formative development of the pragmatic predisposition, and it is necessary for cosmopolitanism and happiness. I argue that there is a paradoxical tension within prudence: the realization of cosmopolitan social conditions hinders the attainment of individual happiness. I borrow Friedrich Schlegel’s conception of irony in order to make sense of this paradoxical tension in Kant’s pedagogical practice and I show that the concept of “unsociable sociability” supports this ironic interpretation
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