康德于1784年在《回答这个问题：什么是启蒙？》这篇文章中首次对启蒙的界定、可能性及主体作出了理论界定，本文试图通过对启蒙这三个要素的梳理分析，尤其是在把“决心、勇气”理解为“自由意志”的基础上，窥见启蒙实际指的是一种“自我启蒙”，此外，发现自我启蒙也只有在悬设了自由意志的文化背景中理解、推进才是可行的。

Immanuel Kant in 1784 wrote out "to answer this question: what is enlightenment?" for the first time, the definition of enlightenment, its possibility and the object on a theoretical definition, this article attempts through to the enlightenment of the three elements of the carding analysis, especially in the determination, courage, "interpreted as" free will ", on the basis of a glimpse of enlightenment actually refers to a kind of "enlightened self-interest", in addition, also found only in self enlightenment suspension set up free will of understanding in cultural background, the advance is feasible.