ROMANTICISM AND THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN
ROMANTİZM VE İNSAN SORUNU

Author : Erdal İSBİR
Number of pages : 230-244

Abstract

The problem of subject of Cartesian philosophy is based on the legacy of the theological understanding that sees human as a combination of soul and body. Undoubtedly, Cartesian philosophy transfers this legacy to modern philosophy in a secular way. Accordingly, as far as human is concerned, the problem is no longer about his divine salvation but rather what he is. The answer given this question is the basis of the human view of modern philosophy and the Enlightenment. The problem of human is answered with the concepts of "reason" and "thinking". This answer of modern philosophy evaluates human in a general pattern. However, man is a being that has a life and his visible forms are unique to every single person. This deficiency of modern philosophy is criticized by romanticism. The concept of life of romanticism is not an absolute opposition to the general design of modern philosophy about human problem. Romanticism shows us that the general characteristics that define human beings are visible in individual person. Therefore, the question of what is human is cannot be answered without considering personal differences. In this study, the traces of Romanticism's reduction of the problem of human to the problem of person are sought around the concepts such as life and freedom, and the general design of human is examined in what way it transcends.

Keywords

Romanticism, human, person, life, freedom.

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