During the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a movement that began to emphasize individuality, more specifically the use of reason. The era of the Enlightenment saw the replacement of historical traditions, in favor of the use of reasoning to achieve freedom. Man by nature wants to know what happened in the past. Story deals with narrating concepts and actions. Historicism is a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history. This implies that there are no universal principles, but rather they are determined by the social and historical context, which differs between cultures and eras. Radical historicism emphasizes self-definition, which causes all other explanations of historicism to be deemed invalid. Through the analysis of the philosophies of Immanuel Kant, Karl Mark and Fredrich Nietzsche, the relationship between theory and history is proposed. Their philosophies aim to find answers to the problems of society before the era of Enlightenment. History influences enlightenment through the substitution of social and cultural events, in favor of rationality to achieve freedom. Because of this, individuals are able to use their intuition. Enlightenment poses a threat to individuals, because through the substitution of faith, individuals also neglect intuition. Reason can only be used in areas that will allow it to be accepted, such as in science and politics. As seen in Kant's essay, Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment, through certain conditions, individuals are able to become enlightened. Enlightenment is defined as the emergence of man from his self-induced immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without the guidance of another” (Kant, 5...... middle of paper ...... contributed to defining society and human nature. L Enlightenment poses a threat to individuals, because through the substitution of faith, individuals also ignore intuition. Enlightenment is not bad, and it is possible for an individual to become enlightened, but a level of attention to influences is required which derive from it. Works Cited Kant, Political Writings, Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, edited by Hans Reiss and translated by HB Nisbet, 2nd expanded edition, (Cambridge University Press; Cambridge) 1991The Marx Engels Reader, second edition by Robert C. Tucker (WW Norton and Company, New York) 1978, ISBN 9780393090406Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality, Cambridge Texts in the History ofPolitical Thought, edited by Keith AnsellQPearson, (Cambridge University Press;Cambridge) 1994, ISBN 9780393090406 9780521691655