Aesthetical And Philosophical Essays

by Frederick Schiller

Overview

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a leading German poet, and a philosopher of freedom. Schiller's work exemplifies the highest standards of ethics and the ideal of the truly educated, multilingual citizen of the world.

Schiller devoted himself not only to self-determination and freedom but also to the brotherhood of all people. The French Revolution borrowed many of Schiller's ideas for its declarations of freedom. Schiller was then made an honorary citizen of France.

His first drama, Die Rauber, was published in 1781. It was performed the next year and its revolutionary appeal gained immediate success. Among Schiller's best-known works is An Die Freude, (Ode to Joy), later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. The dramatic trilogy Wallenstein (1796-99) was set in the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years War. The historical drama Maria Stuart (1800) was about Queen Elizabeth I of England and the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, when she was held captive in the Castle of Fothernghay. In Wilhelm Tell (1803), about the Swiss hero of that name, Schiller paid tribute the dignity of men living close to nature. - "The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it."

In 1791 he was forced to give up his professional duties because of illness. In the 1790s Schiller wrote philosophical poems and studies about philosophy and aesthetics. He assisted Goethe in Weimar in the direction of the Court Theater by adapting many plays for that stage. Schiller died on May 9, 1805, at the age of 46 in Weimar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789358711738
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	05/01/2023
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Friedrich Schiller was a German poet, dramatist, and philosopher who lived from 1759 to 1805. Johann Kaspar Schiller and Elisabeth Dorothea welcomed their second child to the world at Marbach am Neckar, in the Duchy of Württemberg. Although Schiller majored in law at the University of Stuttgart, his interests lay more in history, philosophy, and literature. His debut play, "The Robbers," which was published in 1781, became an instant hit and catapulted him to fame. Strong characters, political concerns, and philosophical nuance are hallmarks of his plays. In his philosophical writings, Schiller emphasized the idea of freedom and maintained that everyone has the right to the freedom to follow their own aspirations. He was appointed professor of philosophy and history at the University of Jena in 1794, when he met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and became close to him. Schiller had a significant impact on German literature and culture, and his plays and poetry are still read and performed often today. Readers and intellectuals today are still drawn to his perspectives on human nature, freedom, and the arts.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	5
	Letters on the AEsthetical Education of Man	33
	AEsthetical Essays
	The Moral Utility of AEsthetic Manners	126
	On the Sublime	135
	The Pathetic	149
	On Grace and Dignity	175
	On Dignity	211
	On the necessary Limitations in the Use of Beauty and Form	230
	Reflections on the Use of the Vulgar and Low Elements in Works of Art	254
	Detached Reflections on Different Questions of AEsthetics	261
	On Simple and Sentimental Poetry	269
	The Stage as a Moral Institution	339
	On the Tragic Art	346
	Of the Cause of the Pleasure we derive from Tragic Objects	367
	Schiller's Philosophical Letters
	Prefatory Remarks	379
	Theosophy of Julius	387
	On the Connection between the Animal and the Spiritual Nature in Man	406
	Physical Connection	408
	Philosophical Connection	415