Romanticism
151A New Heart
2 Jan 2023
11:14¶ 36
“Romanticism, which has at least some of its roots in Rousseau, has taught us a couple things:”
11:21¶ 37
“It’s taught us not to judge the heart, because that’s none of our business, which largely comes down to, “Don’t judge anybody or anything…”
11:31¶ 38
“It’s taught us the heart is fundamentally good. It’s society, the environment, civilization that corrupts people. So don’t ask, “What’s wrong with this child?”…”
81Choice and Children
30 Aug 2021
19:35¶ 54
“Yes, basic Romanticism, before it really was in place to have that label, but the roots there were sown further back. But once we’ve…”
29:44¶ 84
“This is where Romanticism and Transcendentalism have led us, where Marxism has led us, progressivism. By saying this thing that seems noble – “Man…”
42The Metaphysics of Life
18 Oct 2020
34:01¶ 115
“There is a basic romanticism behind all of these manifestations we’re seeing that say, “People are dying, people are being hurt, animals are being…”
34:40¶ 120
“But what’s happening with the next phase of this romanticism – it was all humanistic. Man’s great, man’s wonderful, man’s perfectible. Somewhere we lost…”
35:12¶ 121
“We have all of these clubs within the Green movement. Their roots are in socialism and the whole ecological movement and romanticism, but that’s…”
34The Right to Imperfect Justice
23 Aug 2020
1:38¶ 6
“Ever since the birth of Romanticism we have this idea that mankind, and therefore the human situation, is perfectible. Take it easy, take it…”
4:30¶ 12
“Since the Enlightenment and since the age of Romanticism, we keep looking at a world that says, “Give us more time and we will…”
29:55¶ 115
“Bringing it full circle then – and this is what every true Romantic hates – “But this system is imperfect because you’re trusting imperfect…”
10Myth of Neutrality
8 Mar 2020
14:55¶ 48
“If you’re a good Romantic, you can descend into your heart and meditate upon the tree there and find your essential oneness with the…”
5Trinity (part 2)
2 Feb 2020
26:29¶ 81
“Very much in the general Romantic movement you have the individual emphasized above the collective, especially. Whether it’s the poet or the protagonist or…”
27:01¶ 82
“Yet Romanticism would call us to perfect unity with a perfect whole, yet it’s always hypothetical because, as you say, society is never there.…”
27:45¶ 86
“So it’s all about the individual, as long as he finds his meaning in the total whole of everything, but the total whole of…”