Schiller and His Philosophical Context: Pleasure, Form, and Freedom

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dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, J.
dc.contributor.editorFalduto, A.
dc.contributor.editorMehigan, T.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractSchiller’s interests in theology, poetry, and literature influenced the way he responded to the ethics and aesthetics of the British philosopher the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley-Cooper), and the German philosophers Moses Mendelssohn and Immanuel Kant. Often Schiller’s most significant philosophical contributions are those which represent alternatives to more influential views, such as his rejection of Kant’s understanding of the relation between the sensuous and rationality in the moral person. In what follows, Schiller’s key concepts within their 18th century context are presented and their significance within this context is discussed by showing how he relates the sensuous to the rational through the following: “pleasure and morality” (section 3), “form and beauty” (section 4) and “freedom or nature” (section 5).
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJennifer A. McMahon
dc.identifier.citationThe Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Friedrich Schiller, 2023 / Falduto, A., Mehigan, T. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.55-71
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-16798-0_2
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-031-16797-3
dc.identifier.orcidMcMahon, J. [0000-0002-2400-0166]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/137420
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.publisher.placeLondon
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103143
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
dc.source.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-16798-0_2
dc.titleSchiller and His Philosophical Context: Pleasure, Form, and Freedom
dc.typeBook chapter
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