Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical Tradition

Platonic Romanticism had a dark underside from its inception: Romantic Disillusionism, encompassing the Gothic and the new demonic doppelganger. The Classical Tradition''s conflict between Plato and Pyrrho, foundationalism and scepticism, optimism and pessimism was thus continued. Lord Byron''s was the most listened-to and echoed voice of Romantic Disillusionism in Europe, though by far not the on...