ENG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Platonism, Noumenon, Solipsism
Document Summary
Believed in the unity of the world and god, there is an equation between the world, god is found externally within everything. Key element of thought was the rejection of past doctrines, this included documents on politics, religion and philosophy. Sources: romanticism, platonic philosophy and germanic idealism. A prior = prior to experience, the truths are already within us. Emerson focuses on the unit, a true union between god and man. Beauty and divinity is found in nature. Privilege in the everyday, a poetry of the people: platonic philosophy: Both are considered knowledge only a few are capable of noumena. Thought of as the new england author. Regards the individual as the centre of the universe. Alienates the readers in order to get them to the destination or conclusion they need to reach. Framing his speech in a conventional manner and in the middle, his speech was confrontational.
