Romantic vs Classical Personality

Human Understanding: Romantic vs Classical

Romantic

• Immediate artistic appearance
• World in terms of its surface appearance
• Predisposed towards emotions and intuitions
• Motorcycle riding is a romantic experience
• Avoid understanding technology
• Following manufacturer instructions, trust in experts
• Waiting for temperature to warm up, optimizing comfort
• Pack as necessary
• Eastern affinity for the aesthetic
• “Hip”
• Aversion to technology produced by classic reason

Classical

• Focused on scientific reasoning
• World in terms of its underpinning structures
• Predisposed to logic and the scientific method
• Motorcycle maintenance is more of a classic task
• Understanding technology, how things work
• Improvising parts, instead of manufacturer instructions
• Keep riding, despite temperature, optimize time
• Keeping detailed lists
• Order the universe in a rational, economical way
• Seen as dull and joyless
• Western affinity for the theoretic
• “Square”