In Response to Will's "Classical v. Romantic"

I thought you made an extremely good point when you said that although the classical and romantic perspective are incompatible, "humans use both of these to govern their lives." Despite their inherent contradictions, both perspectives are widely used.

However, I agree with Zoe in her critique of your toy metaphor. I think that a classically minded person would be likely to view a toy differently than a romantically-minded person (in terms of what the toy actually is), but neither would necessarily view the toy as unnecessary (although purely sentimental value might be ignored by the classical thinker). To me, getting rid of a toy is more of a distinction to be made between a stoic and an epicurean than between someone of a classical perspective and someone of a romantic perspective.