Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

In German Universities from two centuries ago, students paid tuition directly to their professors. Just imagine how different things would be today.

The magnificent rebels focuses on people in a small German University town right before the 1800s. Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel. Of those, Hegel and Goethe were the only that I recognized. The author takes it for granted that we already have a great deal of respect for all the people that she discusses. There is little that helps provide for more respect. It was at a time when intellectuals could span multiple different areas rather being stuck in a certain discipline.