Romanticism vs. Enlightenment
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 rationalityEnlightenmentnoun
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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
