Vs. Puritans & Rationalists

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Vs. Puritans & Rationalists Romantics Vs. Puritans & Rationalists

Prime Examples of differences in general. ROMANTI C NON-ROMANTIC/CLASSICAL Emotional Reasonable and Practical Individualistic Public Responsibility Revolutionary Conservative Loves Solitude & Nature Loves Public, Urban Life Fantasy/Introspection External Reality The Particular The Universal Subjective Perception Objective Science Satisfaction of Desire Desire Repressed Organic Mechanical Creative Energy/Power Form Exotic Dull Idealist Philosophy Materialist/Empirical Philosophy FACT: Romantic writing, when studied, was found to have more left brain activity whereas non romantic had more right brain

God Why Things Happen Puritans: God causes it Comparing Puritans, Rationalists, and Romantics God Puritans: God is in direct control of the world Rationalists: God is like a fine clock maker Romantics: God is in nature Why Things Happen Puritans: God causes it Rationalists: Law of nature Romantics: Things happen in nature

Men Source of Truth Practicing Religion Puritans: people are bad Rationalists: people are good Romantics: Puritans: Go to church everyday or you go to hell Rationalists: some Atheists, some Agnastic, some Deist Romantics: Practice God’s teachings in the woods Source of Truth Puritans: Only the elect preach God’s word Rationalists: Everyone can talk to God; based on reason Romantics: Nature holds the truth to everything

Life What God Wants Puritans: Live, work, die for God Puritans: God controls life; predestination Rationalists: You control your own life, not God Romantics: Live by nature, become nature when you die What God Wants Puritans: Live, work, die for God Rationalists: Be happy, enjoy life, God wants you to do good Romantics: Enjoy life through nature

Romantics and Puritans Similarites Like things in natural state, not man made Differences Romantics are not as strict about religion

Romantics and Rationalists Similarites Believe things happen naturally People are good Differences Romantics hate the city Romantics spend their time in the woods Rationalists think education and expanding their minds is important

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