Schelling:

In the Heart of “Romanticism”

Romantic Movement:

• Advocated mixing human emotions and passion with their understanding of the natural world.

• Infused spirituality into human experiences within the natural world and everyday life.

• Rejected the exploitation of the natural world.

ESSENTIAL IDEAS

• All life is a creation of Nature.

• Nature is total reality and is perpetually evolving.

• Because Nature is perpetually evolving, it is an on-going process, and human have emerged from this process.

ESSENTIAL IDEAS:

• Man is matter spiritualized.

• Reality is achieved in the creative arts where man explores and understands the innermost depths of his own being -- those of the noumenal world – and expresses them.

• Man is self-aware; therefore, Nature attains self-awareness through man.

PHILOLOGY TASK:

Support or refute the idea that Nature is total reality and Man is one with Nature. Be sure to use at least one concrete example and pose one question to make your case. Be prepared to share these things with a partner, for the sake of discourse.