Week of Philosophe
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STurMundDrang<br />
;alate18thcenturyGermanliterarymovementcharacterizedbyworkscontainingrousing<br />
actionandhighemotionalismthat<strong>of</strong>tendealwiththeindividual'srevoltagainstsociety<br />
“Knowingis<br />
notenough;<br />
wemustapply.<br />
Wilingis<br />
notenough;<br />
wemustdo.”<br />
True<br />
Knowledge?<br />
Now,some<strong>of</strong>thepeoplemight<br />
thinkthatGoethewasquitediferentwithotherphilospheswh<strong>of</strong>ollowedenlightenment.Whydidhis<br />
most<strong>of</strong>studieschalengedonother’swork.Itwascommoninenlightenment,asvoltairewrotesatires<br />
butwhydidheatemptedtoapproachindiferentway?One<strong>of</strong>the<br />
reasonwasthathedidn’tfolow<br />
therationalism,whichwasthe<br />
basicideainage<strong>of</strong>reason.Hehad<br />
hisownmovementcaled‘Sturmun<br />
drang’.thenhowcanwesaythathe<br />
contrbutedontheenlightenment?<br />
Dowehavetosaythathewastotalydiferentwiththeelightenment?
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