> "In a general sense, the term "Romanticism" has been used to refer to
> certain artists, poets, writers, musicians, as well as political,
> philosophical and social thinkers of the late 18th and early 19th
> centuries. It has equally been used to refer to various artistic,
> intellectual, and social trends of that era. Despite this general
> usage of the term, a specific definition of Romanticism has been the
> subject of debate in the fields of intellectual history and literary
> history throughout the twentieth century, without any great measure of
> consensus emerging. Arthur Lovejoy attempted to demonstrate the
> difficulty of this problem in his seminal article "On The
> Discrimination of Romanticisms" in his Essays in the History of Ideas
> (1948); some scholars see romanticism as completely continuous with
> the present, some see it as the inaugural moment of modernity, some
> see it as the beginning of a tradition of resistance to the
> Enlightenment, and still others date it firmly in the direct aftermath
> of the French Revolution. Another definition comes from Charles
> Baudelaire: "Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of
> subject nor exact truth, but in a way of feeling."
> ...

> On Oct 25, 2:15 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> "In a general sense, the term "Romanticism" has been used to refer to
>> certain artists, poets, writers, musicians, as well as political,
>> philosophical and social thinkers of the late 18th and early 19th
>> centuries. It has equally been used to refer to various artistic,
>> intellectual, and social trends of that era. Despite this general
>> usage of the term, a specific definition of Romanticism has been the
>> subject of debate in the fields of intellectual history and literary
>> history throughout the twentieth century, without any great measure of
>> consensus emerging. Arthur Lovejoy attempted to demonstrate the
>> difficulty of this problem in his seminal article "On The
>> Discrimination of Romanticisms" in his Essays in the History of Ideas
>> (1948); some scholars see romanticism as completely continuous with
>> the present, some see it as the inaugural moment of modernity, some ...

> "Romanticism emphasized intuition, imagination, and feeling, to a
> point that has led to some Romantic
> thinkers being accused of irrationalism."-

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>> "Romanticism emphasized intuition, imagination, and feeling, to a
>> point that has led to some Romantic
>> thinkers being accused of irrationalism."-

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> I guess this is what happens when I try thinking at 03:00am...So
> you're point is that Romanticism **isn't** irrational??? I like
> intuition, imagination, and feeling as much as the next fella.
> Wouldn't seem to be a problem to the "whole man" approach to life....
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> Any "Romantic thinkers" accused of irrationalism that I might have
> heard of???
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> K e v
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