Reprise

I described the outlook of the 18th Century under the following heads:

• The universe and its constituents as inert.

• The human mind as inert

• The universe reduced to shape, size, and motion

• 'Reason' in the Age of Reason

• The Enlightenment placement of Feeling

• Determinism in Enlightenment thought

I see the Romantic thought as a reaction to this.