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On the Aesthetic Education of Man

Also Known As Uber die asthetische Erziehung des Menschen

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Philosophy Atlas. "On the Aesthetic Education of Man." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/on-the-aesthetic-education-of-man.

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Philosophy Atlas. (n.d.). On the Aesthetic Education of Man. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/on-the-aesthetic-education-of-man

BibTeX

@misc{philosophyatlas-on-the-aesthetic-education-of-man,
  author = {Philosophy Atlas},
  title = {On the Aesthetic Education of Man},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/works/on-the-aesthetic-education-of-man},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Friedrich Schiller's twenty seven Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man, serialized in his own journal Die Horen across January, February and June of 1795, argue that a third drive, the play drive, reconciling humanity's sense drive and form drive, is the necessary aesthetic education for a people to become capable of political freedom without collapsing into either brute impulse or rigid abstraction. Schiller regarded it as his most important work.

Facts

Publication Year

1795 1

Original Language

German 1

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