Aesthetical Essays

Aesthetical Essays Friedrich Schiller - 'Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays', is fantastic collection of essays, it will appeal to those with an interest in aesthetics and philosophy, and constitutes a must-have for fans and collectors of Schillers seminal work. The essays contained herein include: The Moral Utility of Aesthetic Manners, On the Sublime, The Pathetic, On Grace and Dignity, On Dignity, Limitations in the Use of Beauty of Form, The Vulgar and Low Elements in Works of Art, Reflections on Different Questions of Aesthetics, etcetera. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) was an influential German philosopher, poet, historian, and playwright.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 May 9, 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe, with whom he greatly discussed issues concerning aesthetics, encouraging Goethe to finish works he left merely as sketches; this thereby gave way to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien (The Xenies), a collection of short but harshly satiric poems in which both Schiller and Goethe verbally attacked those persons they perceived to be enemies of their aesthetic agenda.

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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 May 9, 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last few years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe, with whom he greatly discussed issues concerning aesthetics, encouraging Goethe to finish works he left merely as sketches; this thereby gave way to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien (The Xenies), a collection of short but harshly satiric poems in which both Schiller and Goethe verbally attacked those persons they perceived to be enemies of their aesthetic agenda.

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Aesthetical Essays Friedrich Schiller - "Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays", is fantastic collection of essays, it will appeal to those with an interest in aesthetics and philosophy, and constitutes a must-have for fans and collectors of Schillers seminal work. The essays contained herein include: The Moral Utility of Aesthetic Manners, On the Sublime, The Pathetic, On Grace and Dignity, On Dignity, Limitations in the Use of Beauty of Form, The Vulgar and Low Elements in Works of Art, Reflections on Different Questions of Aesthetics, etcetera. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) was an influential German philosopher, poet, historian, and playwright.