On the aesthetic education of man and, Letters to Prince Frederick Christian von Augustenburg

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.

Extent

xlii, 179 pages

Series

Penguin classics

Language

eng

ISBN

9780141396965

LCCN

2016439785

LC class

BH183 .S2513 2016

Dewey

111.85