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The 161 pages that link to Enlightenment philosophy, each with the reason it gives.

• Romanticism in philosophyCompared with: Romantic philosophers reacted against its confidence that reason could organize knowledge and society.

• RomanticismCompared with: Romanticism challenged its confidence in reason and universal rules.

• PostmodernismCompared with: Postmodern criticism targets universal rational progress as a central inheritance of Enlightenment thought.

• German RomanticismCompared with: Romanticism challenged accounts of knowledge and art that gave reason exclusive authority.

• Counter-EnlightenmentCompared with: Counter-Enlightenment critiques targeted particular Enlightenment commitments rather than a single unified doctrine.

• The Magic MountainCompared with: The novel tests Enlightenment confidence against death, illness, and ideological extremism.

• François-René de ChateaubriandCompared with: His Christian apologetics answered forms of rationalist criticism associated with Enlightenment thought.

• RosicrucianismCompared with: Its public rationalist program contrasts with the manifestos’ secret fraternity and esoteric knowledge.

• NovalisCompared with: Novalis sought to reunite rational knowledge with imagination and spiritual meaning.

• Jena RomanticismCompared with: The Jena writers inherited Enlightenment criticism while challenging its confidence in reason alone.

• IrrationalismCompared with: Its confidence in rational inquiry provides a historical foil to irrationalist thought.

• Romantic literatureCompared with: Romantic writers inherited Enlightenment debates while challenging reason’s claim to explain human experience fully.