Romanian Moralists: Maiorescu and Iorga.

This article approaches the moralist side of Titu Maiorescu and Nicolae Iorga. Maiorescu is the first Romanian moralist in the true sense of the word. Familiar with the ancient thinkers, the French moralists and the German moral philosophy, especially Schopenhauer, Maiorescu is an observer and a harsh judge of the mores of his society. Iorga, the most productive Romanian moralist, thinks of man, in full Romanian modernity, in terms of tradition (the honest man, with his purpose and respect for old rules, "ashamed" in his nature by the shamelessness of life). In his Musings, Iorga is always thinking of the traditional man, whom he wants to rescue from the shamelessness of modernity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]