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Houlgate, Stephen (2008) Schiller and the dance of beauty. Inquiry, Volume 51 (Number 1). pp. 37-49. doi:10.1080/00201740701858936 ISSN 1958.
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Abstract
Frederick Beiser’s study, Schiller as Philosopher, is a work of outstanding
philosophical intelligence and exemplary scholarship. This is good news for
the student of Schiller. It is, however, somewhat less good news for the
aspiring critic of Beiser—at least for this aspiring critic, for there is little that
I disagree with, and a very great deal that I admire, in Beiser’s book.
Particularly valuable—to mention just one of the book’s many merits—is
Beiser’s subtle and illuminating account of the relation between grace and
dignity in Schiller’s text On Grace and Dignity (Uber Anmut und Wurde).
Beiser points out that grace and dignity are not different kinds of virtue or
disposition for Schiller, but different instances of a single moral virtue—a
virtue that finds expression as dignity in tragic circumstances and grace in
non-tragic ones. Grace and dignity are thus not at odds with one another,
as it has seemed to some, but belong to one and the same Schillerian ideal of
humanity. [...]
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 -- Criticism and interpretation, Aesthetics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Inquiry | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1958 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 51 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 37-49 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00201740701858936 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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