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What is freedom? Are we really free? Q3,J2 What is freedom? Are we really free?

Head Heart City Countryside Math Reading Technology Nature Noise Peace Science Museum Art Museum Rational Romantic

American Romanticism Reaction against Rationalism Began in Germany in the second half of the 18century. Spread throughout Europe and then into America. Focus on beauty, nature, individualism, art, the soul. Didn’t reject intellect completely, just believed in the power and the necessity of the human soul.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Pg. 238 – 5 facts about Emerson Read: Nature, pgs. 240 – 242 What does Emerson believe about nature? Read: Self-Reliance, pgs. 245 – 247 What does Emerson believe about what makes a great man?