Friedrich Nietzsche Archives - Tradition Restored

July 23, 2019

Romantic Irony (Part 5)

(Pictured: Novalis.) I am happy to present the fifth and final post of Chapter VII of Rousseau and Romanticism, “Romantic Irony,” by which the romantics stand aloof from what they consider mere rationalism and...

Poetry and the Romantic Tradition

November 30, 2018

Romantic Morality: The Real (Part 3)

(Pictured: Friedrich Nietzsche.) I am happy to present the third post of Chapter V, “Romantic Morality: The Real,” in which Irving Babbitt addresses the descent of the romantics from altruistic idealism to egoistic realism, both...