The Enlightenment and Romanticism were time periods in European history that marked great change in European society. Enlightenment thinkers and Romantics were dissimilar in their ideas of what the human mind should seek, where people should turn their thoughts, and religion but similar in their ability to liberate the minds of citizens and focus on themselves.
The Enlightenment and Romantic era were different in several ways. Firstly, the Enlightenment focused on logic, reason, and experimentation. The previous restriction on ideas had caused an explosion of the call to try things for yourself instead of doing what you are told. Philosophes like John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Immanuel Kant are among the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period who challenged the ideas of the past. In Locke’s book , “The Two Treatises of Government,” he spoke on how all humans are given the gift of reason that let them solve their own differences. He is also the first who believed that each man had the individual, god-given rights of life, liberty, …show more content…
During the Enlightenment, people focused progressing based on observation and reason, and turned away from the ideas of religion. The Romantic Era focused more on the past with its ideas of nature and emotion, and saw religion as a source of the wonders in nature. Both helped people begin to think for themselves and do things for themselves. ANother time period similar to the Romantic Era and the Enlightenment was the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, people began to focus more on living their lives to the fullest and expressing themselves instead of awaiting their deaths. All of these periods had great impact of Europe and the way people would live
The Enlightenment and Romantic era were different in several ways. Firstly, the Enlightenment focused on logic, reason, and experimentation. The previous restriction on ideas had caused an explosion of the call to try things for yourself instead of doing what you are told. Philosophes like John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Immanuel Kant are among the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period who challenged the ideas of the past. In Locke’s book , “The Two Treatises of Government,” he spoke on how all humans are given the gift of reason that let them solve their own differences. He is also the first who believed that each man had the individual, god-given rights of life, liberty, …show more content…
During the Enlightenment, people focused progressing based on observation and reason, and turned away from the ideas of religion. The Romantic Era focused more on the past with its ideas of nature and emotion, and saw religion as a source of the wonders in nature. Both helped people begin to think for themselves and do things for themselves. ANother time period similar to the Romantic Era and the Enlightenment was the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, people began to focus more on living their lives to the fullest and expressing themselves instead of awaiting their deaths. All of these periods had great impact of Europe and the way people would live