Thursday, January 13, 2011

Classical vs. Romantic Thought

Classical thought is defined as logical thought while romantic thought is defined as esthetic thought. According to Robert M. Pirsig, these two modes of thought were irreconcilable until he thought up Quality- which he says combines classical and romantic thought as the moment of perception before cognizance. I agree with Pirsig to some extent- I think that romantic and chemical thought can be combined. Unlike Pirsig, I would say that they are not combined by Quality and in fact need no combination. Romantic and classical thought are one in the same. They are both created by the thinker, and so come from the same source. Romantic thought comes from feeling and emotion, while classical thought comes from intuition. In some way, both of these feelings are incurred by the feeling without conscience effort. You could almost say that these things come to the thinker instinctively.

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