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This 4 page report discusses the Enlightenment and Romanticism in terms of nature and philosophy as expressed in Voltaire's "Candide" and two of John Keats' poems -- "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "Ode to a Nightingale." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of intellectual curiosity and understanding that ultimately lead to the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century and then the influence of Romanticism. Each contributed immensely to the formation
of who European people became and how their thinking developed. In fact, it is not too much of an exaggeration to note that without those "movements," the Eurocentric world,
including the United States would believe a significantly different set of premises regarding both human nature and the physical nature of the world. Two writers, one from each "age," offer
a good measure of insight to the attitudes and changed in attitudes that occurred during the two periods. Philosopher-writer Francoise Marie Arout de Voltaire (more commonly known as just "Voltaire")
and the poet John Keats each offer a 21st century student the opportunity to glimpse a particular ideology in relationship to the historical development of Western literature, indeed, the Western
world. The Enlightenment The Enlightenment was indisputably a crucial movement in the development of the modern world. The fact that the writers, philosophers, artists and musicians of the time
saw themselves as being truly enlightened meant that they were convinced that they were the leaders of a new intellectual age that would sweep away the superstitions of the past
and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in which a proponent of the Enlightenment labored, he (most often he) shared certain fundamental ideas with
other proponents. Most notable was their complete confidence in rationality, through which they were determined to discover and act upon universally applicable principles that controlled humans, nature, and the social
order. Nature could be seen as having a "reasonable" cycle of patterns and events that had little to do with religion or any sort of mystical aspects. Romanticism Romanticism
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