Format:
xlii, 179 Seiten
,
20 cm
ISBN:
9780141396965
Series Statement:
Penguin classics
Uniform Title:
Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen
Content:
The poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller was also a profound philosopher, who described his work On the Asethetic Education of Man as 'the best thing that I have done in my life'. This impassioned treatise analyses politics, revolution and human nature to define the relationship between beauty, art and morality. Expressed as a series of letters to a patron, it argues that only an aesthetic education--rather than government reform, religion or moral teachings--can achieve a truly free society, and must be placed at the heart of human experience. One of the most important works of German philosophy, its arguments remain as arresting and inspiring as when they were first written
Note:
Text in English translated from the German
,
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
and, Letters to Prince Frederick Christian von Augustenburg
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Ästhetik
;
Ästhetische Erziehung
Author information:
Schmidt, Alexander 1975-
Author information:
Friedrich Christian II. Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Herzog 1765-1814
Author information:
Tribe, Keith 1949-
Author information:
Schiller, Friedrich 1759-1805