Was Novalis's work too subjective for its time?
Some may have found my explorations of feeling and intuition overly subjective, a departure from the Enlightenment's emphasis on pure reason. However, I believed that true understanding arises not solely from the intellect, but from a deep, resonant feeling of the world. My 'associative' method, my weaving of metaphor and symbol, was an attempt to capture the ineffable, the hidden harmonies that linear thought often misses. I sought to reveal a reality more profound than what the senses alone can perceive.