Romanticism reacted against Enlightenment Rationalism by reverting to the freedom of emotion and the creative genius, idealizing freedom as emotional self-expression rather than detached rational deliberation.

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Speaker

Unidentified Speaker — A History of Philosophy | 41 John Locke [CM2VHOgb_HA]

Evidence Quote

“in the reaction against that Aptus ISM about the light of Reason you know the rejection of the rule of Reason yeah that developed in romanticism in the early 19th century where romanticism revert to the freedom of the of the emotion the creative genius”

Source

A History of Philosophy | 41 John Locke— wheatoncollege
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