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I have decided to dedicate this blog not just as an exploratory tool but also a platform to indulge in a little Romantic thought about the sciences and current issues that raise my blood pressure.

Romantic thought.

Romanticism "was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850." The art and literature of this time period was exquisite, but what most intrigues, and inspires me is their intellectual ideology.

Romanticism in the Sciences
To the Romantic, science, specifically life sciences, takes being:

"Lamarck stated that the life sciences must detach from the physical sciences and strove to create a field of research that was different from the concepts, laws, and principles of physics. In rejecting mechanism without entirely abandoning the research of material phenomena that does occur in nature, he was able to point out that "living beings have specific characteristics which cannot be reduced to those possessed by physical bodies" and that living nature was un ensemble d'objets métaphisiques ("an assemblage of metaphysical objects").

And gave tribute to the greatest teacher the world has ever known:

"[emphasizing] the scientist's role in scientific discovery as understanding that acquiring knowledge of nature meant understanding man as well; therefore, these scientists placed a high importance on respect for nature."

But most importantly, in contrast with the previous school of thought:

"They felt that the Enlightenment had encouraged the abuse of the sciences, and they sought to advance a new way to increase scientific knowledge, one that they felt would be more beneficial not only to mankind but to nature as well."