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Schiller as philosopher : a re-examination /

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"Frederick Beiser rehabilitates Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), whose work has been largely ignored in the Anglophone world, as a philosopher worthy of serious attention. He treats Schiller's famous aesthetic essays in philosophical terms by assessing the meaning and merit of their fun...

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Main Author: Beiser, Frederick C., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Schiller, Friedrich, > 1759-1805.
Aesthetics.
Schiller, Friedrich.
Philosophie.
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Table of Contents:
  • Early philosophy
  • An objective aesthetic
  • Grace and dignity
  • Argument and context of the Ästhetische Briefe
  • Dispute with Kant
  • Autonomy versus enlightenment
  • The philosophy of freedom
  • Theory of tragedy.