Romantic Platonism
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Romantic Platonism is a philosophical and literary outlook, prominent in the Romantic era, that blends Platonic idealism with Romantic themes of imagination, beauty, and spiritual transcendence.
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| Romantic Platonism canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Romantic Platonism Context triple: [Renaissance Platonism, influenced, Romantic Platonism]
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Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
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The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will
"The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will" is an essay by political theorist Isaiah Berlin that examines the rise and implications of Romanticism’s emphasis on individual will, creativity, and self-assertion in modern thought.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Romantic Platonism Target entity description: Romantic Platonism is a philosophical and literary outlook, prominent in the Romantic era, that blends Platonic idealism with Romantic themes of imagination, beauty, and spiritual transcendence.
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A.
Renaissance Platonism
Renaissance Platonism was a revival and reinterpretation of Plato’s philosophy during the Renaissance, blending classical Platonic ideas with Christian theology, humanism, and contemporary artistic and intellectual culture.
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B.
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love is Marsilio Ficino’s influential Renaissance philosophical work that interprets and Christianizes Plato’s ideas on love and beauty.
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C.
The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will
"The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will" is an essay by political theorist Isaiah Berlin that examines the rise and implications of Romanticism’s emphasis on individual will, creativity, and self-assertion in modern thought.
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D.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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E.
The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intellectual movement
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literary outlook ⓘ philosophical outlook ⓘ |
| aimsAt | reconciling reason, imagination, and faith ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
correspondence between visible and invisible worlds
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symbolism ⓘ the Absolute ⓘ the infinite ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
empiricism
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materialism ⓘ strict rationalism ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
beauty
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imagination ⓘ spiritual transcendence ⓘ the ideal ⓘ the supersensible realm ⓘ the unity of truth, beauty, and goodness ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
inner spiritual experience
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the creative imagination as a route to truth ⓘ the soul’s ascent toward higher realities ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalRootIn |
Platonism
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surface form:
Platonic idealism
Platonism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| holdsThat |
art reveals higher spiritual truths
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beauty is a manifestation of the ideal ⓘ imagination mediates between sensible and ideal realms ⓘ the finite participates in the infinite ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century aesthetic theory
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Romantic literary criticism ⓘ Romantic poetry ⓘ Romantic religious thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian Platonism
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich Schelling
German idealism ⓘ
surface form:
German Idealism
Immanuel Kant ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| integrates |
Platonic metaphysics with Romantic aesthetics
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Platonic metaphysics with Romantic notions of genius ⓘ Platonic metaphysics with Romantic notions of inspiration ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Romanticism
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surface form:
Romantic idealism
aesthetic idealism ⓘ symbolist aesthetics ⓘ |
| seesArtAs | a symbolic disclosure of the ideal world ⓘ |
| seesNatureAs | a living symbol of spiritual realities ⓘ |
| views | material world as reflection of higher realities ⓘ |
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