Comparative Analysis Through “The Four Attitudes Of Romanticism”

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son and of the senses over intellect,” he also views the “artist as a supremely individual creator, whose creative spirit is more important than strict adherence to formal rules”(WebMuseum, Paris). Werther identifies with the whole of nature. He desires to exist “in a state of harmony with nature, uncorrupted by the progressive sophistication of civilization”(Road to Romanticism). Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the most influential philosopher of the eighteenth century, and much like Werther, he valued nature as if it were directly linked to his soul. “ A deep and sweet revery seizes your senses, and you lose yourself with a delicious drunkenness in the immensity of this beautiful system with which you identify yourself”(Rousseau). Through out the text Werther expresses his soul’s need for nature as if nature is the cure to all that ills him. One description of Werther’s great appreciation for nature comes when he describes his feelings about the town of Wahlheim, Werther announces, “I Feel very well here. The solitude in these blissful surroundings is balm to my soul, and with its abundance, the youthful season of spring cheers my heart, which...