tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5106692076184922276..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What is Romanticism? How should the relations of men and women be understood? The key to our destinyBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24058448586268668082017-08-09T11:37:25.460+01:002017-08-09T11:37:25.460+01:00@Carter - I don't understand you. With what ex...@Carter - I don't understand you. With what exactly would The Romantics or Tolkien not have agreed? <br /><br />(Of course, Tolkien would not publicly argue for anything which was not standard Roman Catholic doctrine - whatever his deepest personal views may have been. For example, Tolkien certainly but implicitly seemed to believe in the possibility and importance of *some kind* of reincarnation - but would never argue nor even state this explicitly and publicly.)<br /><br />But even if they didn't - my point is that Romanticism, in its explicit form, was incomplete and indeed (in this incompleteness) hijacked for evil; and we, now, need to complete it. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-38359032483298889112017-08-09T06:23:42.402+01:002017-08-09T06:23:42.402+01:00"It was the group which was dominant; and sin... "It was the group which was dominant; and since each human is unique, every possible, every imaginable group ideal represents a harsh distortion and a mental tyranny."<br /><br />This just strikes me as fundamentally untrue in a very profound way. I can't look at human history, or even at people now with how far they've fallen, and believe that. That view rings of being inspired by fear instead of love. The Romantics could not have agreed with that- I know Tolkien wouldn't.<br /><br />- Carter CraftTheDoctorofOdoIslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654695224557150961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17224575831415063082017-08-08T11:57:16.022+01:002017-08-08T11:57:16.022+01:00That's a beautiful and inspiring piece, Bruce....That's a beautiful and inspiring piece, Bruce. I think of the Romantic world (which is the true world) as one that is lit from within but also and at the same time illuminated by God who is ever present, sustaining the whole. That's what we must move into because if we don't we are lost. We really are.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.com