On the Aesthetic Education of Man

Livre broché, 100 pages

Langue : English

Publié par Dover.

ISBN :
978-0-14-139696-5
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« Man defines himself by his deeds - and what kind of image of man do we see in the mirror of our present times? » The poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller was also a profound philosopher, who described his work On the Aesthetic 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. Translated by Keith Tribe with an introduction and notes by …

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L’art comme promesse d’humanité – Mon expérience avec L’Éducation esthétique de l’homme de Friedrich Schiller

Lire L’Éducation esthétique de l’homme de Friedrich Schiller a été pour moi une épreuve intellectuelle exigeante, mais aussi une révélation. J’y ai découvert une réflexion qui dépasse largement la théorie de l’art : c’est une méditation sur la condition humaine, sur la liberté, et sur la possibilité de réconcilier raison et sensibilité.

Schiller écrit ces lettres dans un contexte de bouleversements politiques et sociaux, après les désillusions de la Révolution française. J’ai senti, à chaque page, sa volonté de trouver une issue au déchirement entre l’homme rationnel, soumis à la loi et à l’ordre, et l’homme sensible, dominé par ses instincts et ses passions. Ce qui m’a profondément marqué, c’est la manière dont il place l’art et l’esthétique comme médiateurs : c’est par la beauté, dit-il, que nous pouvons apprendre à harmoniser ces deux dimensions.

En lisant, j’ai été frappé par l’idée que la liberté véritable n’est pas seulement politique …

Confusers review of Friedrich Schiller's letters on aesthetic education

I think it gets a lot of things right, albeit in a confusing and wordy way. I was already exposed to all the ideas in the book through Tibetan Buddhism previously so it was not too difficult to follow along but I could see many people struggling a lot. I think it is very interesting that this person was thinking about the same threads of life that the Tibetans had been but as far as I can tell he knew of no such things prior to creating this. I think Friedrich Schiller got stuck in the particular way he was wording this framework because there are some more areas which he could apply his thinking to but seemed to just keeping saying similar things in more and more ways.

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Sujets

  • Philosphy
  • Friedrich schiller
  • Goethe
  • Kant