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gregg_macdonald's review against another edition
2.0
Fairly boring set of letters on philosophy. To be honest, the introduction was more riveting than the content itself
rvandenboomgaard's review against another edition
5.0
It would undoubtedly have been difficult to find a better book to finish first in this new year, that would honourably follow Kierkegaard’s works on love which opened the end of last year, than these Letters on aesthetic education by Friedrich Schiller.
Herein, Schiller endeavours to describe being-human through an attempt at the reconciliation of various opposing qualities and activities of the human constitution. Which is exactly what my thesis for literature is about. And which is exactly the dynamic I intuited to be found in early German romanticism throughout my minor readings in/on that movement.
It’s both eerie, and thoroughly reassuring, that all my reading projects seem to come together in an answer to my own fundamental question I have articulated ever since I started studying philosophy and literature, and had since before; what is that which makes us human?
I’m looking forward to scrutinising this for my upcoming thesis in literature, and see where the process, alongside my inevitable personal reading and further development, will bring me afterwards, and in pursuit of my (final) thesis in philosophy.
Herein, Schiller endeavours to describe being-human through an attempt at the reconciliation of various opposing qualities and activities of the human constitution. Which is exactly what my thesis for literature is about. And which is exactly the dynamic I intuited to be found in early German romanticism throughout my minor readings in/on that movement.
It’s both eerie, and thoroughly reassuring, that all my reading projects seem to come together in an answer to my own fundamental question I have articulated ever since I started studying philosophy and literature, and had since before; what is that which makes us human?
I’m looking forward to scrutinising this for my upcoming thesis in literature, and see where the process, alongside my inevitable personal reading and further development, will bring me afterwards, and in pursuit of my (final) thesis in philosophy.
amberfinnegan's review against another edition
5.0
I have now read this both in English and in German (as the Augustiner Briefe) and I have to admit it’s very difficult reading for me. I am not much of a philosopher and I tend to get lost in the babble. Sometimes I wonder if philosophers purposely write in a confusing manner to keep their study elite, like academic writing.
Having studied this piece in two different courses has widened my understanding of the text and I do have a handle on what Schiller is attempting to convey.
Regardless, I do like what Schiller is saying here and his belief in the importance of aesthetics clearly shows in his plays and other works. The balance between art and science is an important one and finding that ‘wow’ moment is worth studying both. It’s sad to see that today American society could use a good lesson in Schiller as we have neglected the humanities for too long now.
Having studied this piece in two different courses has widened my understanding of the text and I do have a handle on what Schiller is attempting to convey.
Regardless, I do like what Schiller is saying here and his belief in the importance of aesthetics clearly shows in his plays and other works. The balance between art and science is an important one and finding that ‘wow’ moment is worth studying both. It’s sad to see that today American society could use a good lesson in Schiller as we have neglected the humanities for too long now.
leoespluga's review against another edition
4.0
Libro magnífico, se pone denso en algunos momentos pero en otros tiene ideas geniales.
El ideal de belleza y el sentido de lo estético en nuestrasociedad me parece más que apropiado. Hoy en día necesario.
La importancia de más allá de tener una vida útil, funcional y progresar como sociedad. Tener una sociedad con individuos con vidas significantes, camino que se adquiere con la cultura estética sin duda.
El ideal de belleza y el sentido de lo estético en nuestrasociedad me parece más que apropiado. Hoy en día necesario.
La importancia de más allá de tener una vida útil, funcional y progresar como sociedad. Tener una sociedad con individuos con vidas significantes, camino que se adquiere con la cultura estética sin duda.
alexlanz's review against another edition
Honestly his insights have become relevant again. Art doesn't need to be politicized; it is already political because it is art (a placeholder for the political promise of freedom that can't be fulfilled).
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