It's true I am deeply affected by the Romantic Movement.
I was so affected I became a hippy.
You remember, there were three types of hippie - the political hippy, the drug hippy and the mystical hippy. I was a mystical hippy.
But I was awakened from my sleep of Romanticism by the destruction of the Twin Towers.
And I struggle to stay awake to keep the promises of the Enlightenment.
And I am in excellent company, along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who is visiting us at the moment.
You live a life based on fear of terrorism? But we lived in a world of terror and fear all along, way before September 11, 2001.
Why is it always about extremism? I am not talking about being a hippy. I was suggesting balance between reason and feeling because as humans, we cannot escape our feeling and if we try to deny it, then it goes into shadow and can erupt in violent ventings. So it's better to gain a balance between the two and throw out neither the Enlightenment nor the Romantic age.