Romantics put a strong emphasis on emotions and the importance of the subjective experience. According to the History1700s website, they believed that nature was not an object whose only purpose was to be interrogated and controlled, but rather an experience. In addition, if an individual experienced nature he would be more in tune with his feelings and become more aware of the “self.”Romanticism is a transition from the objective world to the subjective world. According to the Philosopher website, the shift was due to, “Kant’s idea that human beings do not see the world directly, but through a number of categories.” I believe that Kant’s ideas truly outline the limitations of an objective observer. If an individual is to experience the whole of life, I think he should consider the fact that he is looking through his eyes and not "him (his eyes)" looking at the world. I think that Romanticism rids itself of a mechanistic viewpoint of the world, while at the same time allowing for expressions that are more meaningful. Some of the major philosophers and writers who influenced Romanticism include the following: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Immanuel Kant (1724- 1804); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Freidrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854), and George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) in Germany; Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) and William Wordsworth (1770-1850) in Britain.
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http://www.history1700s.com/articles/article1064.shtml
http://www.philosopher.org.uk/rom.htm
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