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The Aesthetic Education of the Human Being in a Series of Letters & on the Sublime
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.00
ISBN13: 9781882985081
Publisher: Schiller Institute, Inc.
Published: Aug 21 2026
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a historian, dramatist, poet, and philosopher - a very special, beautiful thinker whose ideas will remain of crucial importance for the present world, and for humanity in the future. In all of his works, be it his dramas, essays on universal history, poems, or philosophical writings, his intention was to create a worthy future for humanity through the ennoblement of the individual. He used to be known throughout the USA as The Poet of Freedom and you will find statues of him in parks all over the country.
In the 1790s, Schiller wrote a number of profound philosophical essays, of which The Aesthetic Education of the Human Being is the zenith - and Schiller himself recognized that in a series of letters to friends.
Schiller's intention was to rout the dominant influence of Immanuel Kant, who believed that there is no intelligible standard for truth and the beautiful, and that the sensuous part of your being must be negated - contrary to Schiller's view that the human being is a harmonious whole, who must strive to educate his or her emotions through classical art, and who must strive towards becoming a beautiful soul. We call a soul beautiful when it can confidently let its emotions guide its own will, without any risk of coming into contradiction with its [the will's] own decisions... in a beautiful soul, sensuousness and reason, duty and inclination harmonize, and grace is its epiphany. The whole character of a beautiful soul is moral. Love (agapē) is the emotion of the beautiful soul, the emotion that generates creativity.
A few years after finishing the letters on aesthetic education, in 1801, Schiller wrote On the Sublime, another gem which is included in this book. Schiller wrote this essay late in his life, and it is perhaps his most refined discussion of the process of the development of the soul.
This book is a must read for anyone who is concerned about educating children and youth to develop all the capabilities they have been born with, so they truly can be citizens of their country, and of the world, and thus pave the way for future generations. Which means, that this book is a must read for all individuals who care about the future of mankind.
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