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Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
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Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Beauty
Beautiful
Without
Romanticism
Bounds
Infinite

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