Romanticism vs. Enlightenment

Romanticism vs. Enlightenment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Romanticism and Enlightenment

Romanticismnoun

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

Enlightenmentnoun

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Romanticismnoun

impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

Enlightenmentnoun

A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Romanticismnoun

a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization;

romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality

Enlightenmentnoun

education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

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Romanticismnoun

an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Enlightenmentnoun

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

Enlightenmentnoun

a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions