Question

This was an artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe around 1800 and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, as well as an emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination. Pascal, the French physicist, mathematician, and philosopher who said, "The heart has its reasons that reason does not know," best expressed this__________.

Answer 1

Answer:

This movement is called Romanticism.

Explanation:

This movement was characterized as a worldview contrary to rationalism and enlightenment and sought a nationalism that would consolidate national states in Europe. Romantic writers turned increasingly to themselves, portraying human drama, tragic loves, utopian ideals, and desires for escapism. If the eighteenth century was marked by objectivity, enlightenment, and reason, the beginning of the nineteenth century would be marked by lyricism, subjectivity, and emotion.