the philosophy of the age

Following is an excerpt from my book on the history of Danish litterature [translated] about the romantic period that's largely a part of the 19th century:

"With the universal-romantic philosophy one tried to grasp the arrangement of life, in the same way the Christianity had. The romantics largely adopted Christianity's historical form: The world is created and in the childhood of mankind man was a whole being... Then came the Fall. Man became conscious of himself and was broken as the romantics termed it. The new thing was that they interpreted the Fall as a positive event! This was because history was started by the Fall and the aim of history is a new golden age at a higher level than the old. A golden age created by the human spirit itself that is even greater than the golden age in the Garden of Eden."

Now that sounds like one of the lies of someone I know: "You can be greater than God! You can create your own paradise, see you don't need God!" Lucifer himself was doomed because of that lie and he's pulling man into the pit with him!

Now, what're you gonna do about it?