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Aesthetical Essays

Author
Friedrich Schiller
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
14 hours 24 minutes
ISBN
9781802561630
Published
24 November 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Art
  • beauty
  • aesthetics
  • human spirit
  • freedom
  • moral development
  • reason
  • emotion
  • harmony
  • transformation

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In "Aesthetical Essays," Friedrich Schiller delves into the profound role of art and beauty in human life and society. Through a series of insightful essays, Schiller explores the transformative power of aesthetics, arguing that beauty elevates the human spirit and fosters freedom and moral development. He posits that art bridges reason and emotion, offering a path to achieving harmony within the self and the world. This philosophical masterpiece invites readers to ponder art's enduring impact.

Author

Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) was the great dramatist of German liberty — The Robbers, Mary Stuart, Wilhelm Tell — and a poet-philosopher of the beautiful and the sublime. With Goethe he made Weimar a capital of letters. Schiller's plays turn history into moral weather: tyranny, honour, and the chance of a free people. With 22 titles in our catalogue, he remains a founding voice of European Romantic drama.

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