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Are his works worth reading?
What about his letters/essays?

>> No.23398313

>>23398291
Absolutely. Schiller is in the top fifty of critic-philosophers. He's top five among the Germans.

>> No.23398388

>>23398291
Schiller is a genius. The aesthetic letters are a work that can change your life

>> No.23398854

>>23398388
Marcuse:
>Schiller's Letters ... aim at a remaking of civilization by virtue of the liberating force of the aesthetic function: it is envisaged as containing the possibility of a new reality principle.
Isn't this what fascism was all about?

>> No.23398871

>>23398854
Just leave this board, you are irredeemable at this point.

>> No.23398955

>>23398854
You see, art is subjective except when it's made by the wrong side or when the wrong side likes this.

>> No.23400053

>>23398291
Yes. he's great. The letters are excellent.

I found this guide to them helpful.

https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/fidelio_archive/2005/fidv14n01-02-2005SpSu/fidv14n01-02-2005SpSu_080-a_readers_guide_to_schillers_let.pdf

>> No.23400356

What about The Man Who Sees Ghosts?

>> No.23400544

>>23398291
>>23398313
Stop Schilling... buy an ad!!