Frederick Schiller

As an adjective, sublime means a subject that is causing deep emotions and feelings of wonder or joy. The noun sublime describes a subject that is without equal, that is supreme or of great moral, artistic or spiritual value. The verb derived from these words describes the capacity of a subject to reach the highest level without going through intermediary steps. To sublimate also means to direct any energy available to something beneficial. More simply, F. Schiller uses the notion of sublime as a tool available to anyone for overcoming all the inconvenient aspects of the experiences we must go through in life. However, for him, the sublime is mostly possible with a determined inclination towards the good and the beautiful. "On Beauty" is one of the early documents with which Frederick Schiller started his long inquiry about Aesthetics in general. The letters are presented, here, in their full content, hence leaving the reader the freedom to assess the scope of his early, rather controversial research about physical and moral Beauty. These letters constitute one of the main documents in understanding the life and works of F. Schiller. "On the sublime" is his famous dissertation about the extent and limits of what it is to be a human being. One trait of the human being is the specific rapport that he or she observes with what he or she perceives as power expressed upon him or her, and the manner how he or she develops a genuinely human culture. "On grace and dignity": Mere submission to power being not a main goal of Humanity, then, one should always show grace when obliging, and dignity when being the one who is obliged. In this essay, F. Schiller presents to us one of his developments in bringing to life the principle of equality in an environment of hierarchy and obedience. It is an interesting text where he also presents to us one of his very own rendition of the tolerance principle. "On the pathetic" specifically deals with our desire not to leave to arbitrariness the care of managing our happiness and sorrow. Therefore, we create these in our own ways; that is pathetically, through destinies, arts and culture in general. But also in the little staging we do when we want to entertain, surprise, frighten or please family and friends. Needless to say, with grace, dignity and the pathetic, Schiller has offered us tools that we can use to chart our lives towards the desired directions. They constitute additional tools for absorbing the unavoidable shocks that we must necessarily face in our life. If Schiller has made any interesting contribution in this field, then it is by pointing to us, that these traits are not inborn, and that anyone of us can tap into them. In "Further comments on the sublime", he extends his inquiry of the sublime to many subjects and objects, and also makes a remarkable assessment of greatness and sublime in the actions of the human being. This writing is slightly more difficult to relate to than the others in this collection, but constitutes nevertheless a very interesting contribution to the debate. "Philosophical letters" exposes in the form of epistolary exchanges various aesthetic matters. Schiller ends this essay with an intriguing form of the sublime: that of creation observed through Freedom and life. "Scattered reflections": In this document, Schiller disserts about the specificity as well as the common ground among the good, the pleasant, the beautiful and the sublime subjects and their applications in gauging various aesthetic subjects. With these essays, one can surely discover a different aspect of the preoccupations of F. Schiller, but certainly, also, personally encompass a greater dimension of what it is to be a human being. Indeed, the sublime is not limited to Schiller's vision, but his thoughts on the matter have interested many people for the past two centuries.

A collection of short stories by F. Schiller: A walk under the lime trees The whims of destiny A good deed Lost honour A remarkable feminine revenge The mind reader The following short stories and novels of Frederick Schiller drag us into the intricacies of human destinies, as the main characters and events of these stories were all gleaned from real life. What is amazing in these novels is his immense compassion for the vagaries and excesses of the human mind. He has written these pieces in such a way that we cannot have a different feeling but that of empathy with the erring human beings. "Lost honor": This short story by Frederick Schiller has made his fame as a sensitive and humanist writer. It tells about the progressive descent to hell of a landlord's unfortunate son, his enrollment into a secretive group, and finally, his emancipation from a life of crimes. This writing is in the same line as his other play, "The robbers". "The promenade under the lime trees": Two young men who have recently known their destinies are discussing about some truths they have been made aware of about the world. The first one has accepted his destiny, and sees the future brightly; the other is still full of thoughts about the whole process. "The mind reader": This novel, based upon a true story, relates the adventures of some officers in extirpating one of their fellows from the mental imbroglio woven around him by the famous Cagliostro (disguised in this novel under the name of the Armenian) in order to incorporate him into a secret society. Intrigues, deceit, crimes are unraveled in this long and original writing which is the only mystery novel written by F. Schiller. In "A remarkable feminine revenge", a middle aged woman is abandoned by her younger lover, and sets up a subtle and devastating plot to avenge her humiliation. When reading this novel, one cannot help thinking about the novel of the same kind "Dangerous liaisons", and the remarkable passion that a woman is capable of unleashing when simply vexed. "The whims of destiny" and "A good deed" are two short stories based upon real events written in the tradition of Enlightenment. Self redemption, sense of duty, jealousy, friendship: all the seasons of the human heart are displayed in these short stories in remarkable and intense scenes which reveal the author as a fine connoisseur of human motives and feelings. In these stories as well as in the other essays, F. Schiller positions himself as the writer of destinies: he combines the beautiful with the tragic, and makes of each of his narration an incredibly moving assembly of actions and feelings, to our most intimate delight.

Friedrich Schiller was a famous German playwright, born in 1759 in the little duchy of Wurtemberg, Germany. Friedrich von Schiller was the son of an army officer. Although the young boy disliked the strict regimentation of his father's chosen profession, he was forced by the Duke of Wurtemberg to enter a military academy. Trapped and overcome with depression, Schiller began to compose morbid poetry. He found some comfort in these literary diversions, but after composing his first play - The Robbers (1782) -Schiller's writing was discovered by his superiors, and he was forbidden to write. The young dramatist quickly determined to desert the army and flee to Mannheim where he lived under an assumed name and made his living as a court playwright and stage manager. During this period, he penned such plays as Fiesko (1783), Intrigue and Love (1784) and Don Carlos (1787). Between 1787 and 1798, Schiller wrote no plays, instead devoting himself to historical studies - The Revolt of the Netherlands and A History of the Thirty Years War - which won him fame as a historian. In 1794, however, Schiller established a close friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Under Goethe's influence, Schiller soon returned his attentions to the craft of playwriting and, during the period that followed, composed his most mature dramas including Wallenstein's Camp (1798), The Piccolomini (1799), Wallenstein's Death (1799), Mary Stuart (1800), The Maid of Orleans (1801), and William Tell (1804.) In 1799, he took up residence in Weimar where he and Goethe collaborated to make the Weimar Theatre one of the most prestigious theatrical houses in Germany. On May 9, 1805, Friedrich Schiller died of tuberculosis. He was only forty-six years old. His plays, however, along with those of Goethe, had established a theatrical rennaissance in Germany which would become known as "Weimar Classicism." For more than a century after his death, Schiller remained the favorite playwright of the German people.

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a leading German poet, and a philosopher of freedom. Schiller's work exemplifies the highest standards of ethics and the ideal of the truly educated, multilingual citizen of the world. Schiller devoted himself not only to self-determination and freedom but also to the brotherhood of all people. The French Revolution borrowed many of Schiller's ideas for its declarations of freedom. Schiller was then made an honorary citizen of France. His first drama, Die Rauber, was published in 1781. It was performed the next year and its revolutionary appeal gained immediate success. Among Schiller's best-known works is An Die Freude, (Ode to Joy), later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. The dramatic trilogy Wallenstein (1796-99) was set in the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years War. The historical drama Maria Stuart (1800) was about Queen Elizabeth I of England and the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, when she was held captive in the Castle of Fothernghay. In Wilhelm Tell (1803), about the Swiss hero of that name, Schiller paid tribute the dignity of men living close to nature. - "The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it." In 1791 he was forced to give up his professional duties because of illness. In the 1790s Schiller wrote philosophical poems and studies about philosophy and aesthetics. He assisted Goethe in Weimar in the direction of the Court Theater by adapting many plays for that stage. Schiller died on May 9, 1805, at the age of 46 in Weimar.

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a leading German poet, and a philosopher of freedom. Schiller's work exemplifies the highest standards of ethics and the ideal of the truly educated, multilingual citizen of the world. Schiller devoted himself not only to self-determination and freedom but also to the brotherhood of all people. The French Revolution borrowed many of Schiller's ideas for its declarations of freedom. Schiller was then made an honorary citizen of France. His first drama, Die Rauber, was published in 1781. It was performed the next year and its revolutionary appeal gained immediate success. Among Schiller's best-known works is An Die Freude, (Ode to Joy), later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. The dramatic trilogy Wallenstein (1796-99) was set in the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years War. The historical drama Maria Stuart (1800) was about Queen Elizabeth I of England and the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, when she was held captive in the Castle of Fothernghay. In Wilhelm Tell (1803), about the Swiss hero of that name, Schiller paid tribute the dignity of men living close to nature. - "The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it." In 1791 he was forced to give up his professional duties because of illness. In the 1790s Schiller wrote philosophical poems and studies about philosophy and aesthetics. He assisted Goethe in Weimar in the direction of the Court Theater by adapting many plays for that stage. Schiller died on May 9, 1805, at

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a leading German poet, and a philosopher of freedom. Schiller's work exemplifies the highest standards of ethics and the ideal of the truly educated, multilingual citizen of the world. Schiller devoted himself not only to self-determination and freedom but also to the brotherhood of all people. The French Revolution borrowed many of Schiller's ideas for its declarations of freedom. Schiller was then made an honorary citizen of France. His first drama, Die Rauber, was published in 1781. It was performed the next year and its revolutionary appeal gained immediate success. Among Schiller's best-known works is An Die Freude, (Ode to Joy), later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. The dramatic trilogy Wallenstein (1796-99) was set in the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years War. The historical drama Maria Stuart (1800) was about Queen Elizabeth I of England and the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, when she was held captive in the Castle of Fothernghay. In Wilhelm Tell (1803), about the Swiss hero of that name, Schiller paid tribute the dignity of men living close to nature. - "The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it." In 1791 he was forced to give up his professional duties because of illness. In the 1790s Schiller wrote philosophical poems and studies about philosophy and aesthetics. He assisted Goethe in Weimar in the direction of the Court Theater by adapting many plays for that stage. Schiller died on May 9, 1805, at the age of 46 in Weimar.

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a leading German poet, and a philosopher of freedom. Schiller's work exemplifies the highest standards of ethics and the ideal of the truly educated, multilingual citizen of the world. Schiller devoted himself not only to self-determination and freedom but also to the brotherhood of all people. The French Revolution borrowed many of Schiller's ideas for its declarations of freedom. Schiller was then made an honorary citizen of France. His first drama, Die Rauber, was published in 1781. It was performed the next year and its revolutionary appeal gained immediate success. Among Schiller's best-known works is An Die Freude, (Ode to Joy), later set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. The dramatic trilogy Wallenstein (1796-99) was set in the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years War. The historical drama Maria Stuart (1800) was about Queen Elizabeth I of England and the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, when she was held captive in the Castle of Fothernghay. In Wilhelm Tell (1803), about the Swiss hero of that name, Schiller paid tribute the dignity of men living close to nature. - "The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it." In 1791 he was forced to give up his professional duties because of illness. In the 1790s Schiller wrote philosophical poems and studies about philosophy and aesthetics. He assisted Goethe in Weimar in the direction of the Court Theater by adapting many plays for that stage. Schiller died on May 9, 1805, at the age of 46 in Weimar.