SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Unthinkable, Philosophes, Horatii
17 Dec 2017
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Iv conservative reaction louis de bonald (1754-1850) , joseph de maistre (1754-1821) Some similarities between the enlightenment thinkers (reason and observation) with the. Both tended to be: humanist, concerned with nature, attentive to the human consciousness, classical culture was rich to explore, rebelled against traditional oppressive structures, celebrated individual human genius, human freedom. Enligtenment: atomistic machine, reason, inexhaustible drama of human life, calm predictability of static abstractions, individual self expression, rational intellect, laws of nature. Romantic and enlightenment thinkers: individualism and personal freedom were common to both. Religion was either rejected or maintained the form of a rationalist deism (the belief in a noble. God who set the world in motion but has nothing to do with how it works afterwards) Romantic"s attitude rebellion against the hierarchies and institutions of traditional religion: enduring element in the romantic spirit idealism, nature worship, religious existentialism, mother goddess. Art took on a religious status, became the chief spiritual outlet and medium.
