Obviously we use both in our daily lives.
A classical thinker sees the world primarily as underlying from itself, while a romantic thinker sees the world primarily in terms of immediate appearance. The romantic mode is primarily inspirational, imaginative, creative, and intuitive, where feelings rather than facts predominate. Art is seen as romantic as it does not proceed by reason or laws, but by feeling, intuition, and esthetic conscience. The classic mode, by contrast proceeds by reason and laws which are themselves underlying forms of thought and behavior. Having these two types of thinkers in the world makes life interesting, because as we all know life would be pretty boring if everyone was the same. We need different kinds of people in this world to provide us with different viewpoints to give us perspective. I am a Romantic thinker with Classical undertones. I look at everything in terms of loveliness, and everything is lovely in it's own way, from the proper perspective. However, everything has it's technical side to be concidered as well. Some things i regard more in Classical mode, others in Romantic. And there are some things i view in each at different times, or even both at once.
I really agree with your opinion that 'Having these two types of thinkers in the world makes life interesting'. That seems to be the main focus in your essay, which helps to show the harmony the two ways of thinking create. But it would also have been nice to know when you use both ways of thinking!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your view that classical and romantic understandings are both used in life. Although some people see things in a more classical way and some see things in a more romantic way, everyone has a mix of the two.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting how you said we use both in our daily lives. I definitely agree with this, because I know I use both in my life. Now that I'm thinking about it I can't pick out a day where I didn't use both. I said in my post that I didn't agree with Pirsig's claim that the two perspectives are irreconcilable and now that I've realized how often I use both every day, my opinion on his quote is reinforced even more.
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