ENC1143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Romanticism, Abrahamic Religions, Western Philosophy
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Super religious but also thought religion was highly unethical in the way that religion shirks ethics. Most fa(cid:373)ous phrase ga(cid:448)e (cid:271)irth to the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)leap of faith(cid:863). A romanticist who believed in universals but did not look for other universalists where. Romanticists traditionally looked for them: kierkegaard (cid:449)as differe(cid:374)t (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he (cid:449)as i(cid:374)terested i(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d a hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s experience as a christian and actively choosing to be one. Questioned the biblical figure abraham a lot. The theor(cid:455) of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) (cid:894)a (cid:862)pro(cid:272)ess(cid:863); e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)ed the differe(cid:374)t for(cid:373)s of a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als(cid:895) (cid:449)as esse(cid:374)tiall(cid:455) the opposite of the (cid:449)orld"s di(cid:448)i(cid:374)e (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) (cid:894)fi(cid:454)ed(cid:895) The method by which evolution occurs: natural selection: survival of the fittest. Starts as a professor of greek philosophers: had little to no respect for them, co(cid:374)sidered their philosophies (cid:862)the ger(cid:373) that (cid:373)ade wester(cid:374) philosoph(cid:455) si(cid:272)k(cid:863) Nihilism (has russian roots): belief in nothing: nothing refers to something that does not exist (which was largely heaven and hell)
