All of the Following Are True Statements About the Romantics

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true statements about the romantics except they

A) denounced the rationalism of the philosophes because it crushed the emotions and impeded creativity.
B) yearned to rediscover in the human soul the pristine freedom that has been squashed by habits, values, rules, and standards imposed by civilization.
C) saw feeling as an obstacle to clear thinking.
D) wanted individuals to play their own music; write their own poetry; paint their own vision of nature; and live, love, and suffer in their own way.
E) saw reason as cold and dreary, and its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate.