
Some Sources of Romanticism: 6 – The Lasting Effects
Isaiah Berlin
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The Heart of the Romantic Movement
The great achievement of romanticism was that, unlike most other great movements in human history, it literally succeeded in transforming certain of our values to a very profound degree. Let me first speak about these values, and then i shall attempt to show how it penetrates this modern philosophy. Idealism means that you respect people for the fact that they are prepared to give up health, wealth, all kinds of desirable things which our emotions can't control themselves. That is what existentialists call authenticity, and what the romantic ed sincerity.
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