Schiller's Philosophical Letters

Schiller's Philosophical Letters
Author: Friedrich Schiller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2007-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781406539035

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. Schiller wrote many philosophical papers on ethics and aesthetics. He developed the concept of the Schone Seele (beautiful soul), a human being whose emotions have been educated by his reason, so that Pflicht und Neigung (duty and inclination) are no longer in conflict with one another; thus "beauty," for Schiller, is not merely a sensual experience, but a moral one as well: the Good is the Beautiful. His philosophical work was also particularly concerned with the question of human freedom, a preoccupation which also guided his historical researches. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. Critics have noted his innovative use of dramatic structure and his creation of new forms, such as the melodrama and the bourgeois tragedy. Amongst his famous works are Love and Intrigue (1784), Don Carlos (1787), The Minister (1796), The Death of Wallenstein (1799), The Piccolomini (1800) and Mary Stuart (1800).

The Aesthetic Letters, Essays, and the Philosophical Letters of Schiller

The Aesthetic Letters, Essays, and the Philosophical Letters of Schiller
Author: Friedrich Schiller
Publisher: Andesite Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2017-08-19
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781375458955

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Schiller as Philosopher

Schiller as Philosopher
Author: Frederick Beiser
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2005-10-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 019928282X

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On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

On The Aesthetic Education Of Man
Author: Friedrich Schiller
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2013-03-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1300832959

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.-Friedrich Schiller Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge. - Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller - - Friedrich Schiller

Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom

Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom
Author: María del Rosario Acosta López
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438472196

Shows the relevance of Schiller’s thought for contemporary philosophy, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and politics. This book seeks to draw attention to Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) as a philosophical thinker in his own right. For too long, his philosophical contribution has been neglected in favor of his much-deserved reputation as a political playwright. The essays in this collection make two arguments. First, Schiller presents a robust philosophical program that can be favorably compared to those of his age, including Rousseau, Kant, Schelling, and Hegel, and he proves to be their equal in his thinking on morality, aesthetics, and politics. Second, Schiller can also guide us in our more contemporary philosophical concerns and approaches, such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, aesthetics, and politics. Here, Schiller instructs us in our engagement with figures such as Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière, Roberto Esposito, and others.

On the Aesthetic Education of Man

On the Aesthetic Education of Man
Author: Friedrich Schiller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0486117391

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise defines the relationship between beauty and art. His proposal of art as fundamental to the development of society and the individual remains an influential concept.

Essays and Letters

Essays and Letters
Author: Friedrich Hölderlin
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2009-08-27
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0141938919

One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This new translation of selected letters and essays traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer. Hölderlin's letters to friends and fellow writers such as Hegel, Schiller and Goethe describe his development as a poet, while those written to his family speak with great passion of his beliefs and aspirations, as well as revealing money worries and, finally, the tragic unravelling of his sanity. These works examine Hölderlin's great preoccupations - the unity of existence, the relationship between art and nature and, above all, the spirit of the writer.