Philosphy Flashcards
1
Q
What did he conceive nature as?
A
A living personality, believed there is a divine pervading all the objects of nature
- this belief in a divine spirit pervading all objects of nature may be termed as mystical Pantheism
2
Q
What did he believe nature and man had ?
A
A mutual consciousness, spiritual communion or ‘mystic intercourse’
- initiates his readers into the secret of the soul’s communion with nature
3
Q
Who did he use to follow?
A
Godwin - believed in the perfectibility of man
4
Q
How did he change his view?
A
Interested in emotion and the emotion that nature brings
- sense experience, reference to Jenkins - picturesque movement, which references the pastoral and philosophy around nature’s art and expression
