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Freedom and Autonomy in Schiller

Freedom and Autonomy in Schiller <p> This essay provides a systematic as well as chronological account of Schiller&apos;s concepts of freedom and autonomy. Its main thesis is that the duality of Schiller&apos;s moral/aesthetic ideal in the Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man - of beauty and the sublime, of play and the moral law - is a result of his use of conflicting concepts of autonomy. While it is widely accepted that Schiller took over Kant&apos;s concept of autonomy, I argue that he simultaneously employed another concept of autonomy, that of the contemporary philosopher Karl Leonhard Reinhold, whose criticism of Kant&apos;s concept of free will and alternative formulation of the concept of a neutral will influenced Schiller. </p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the History of Ideas University of Pennsylvania Press

Freedom and Autonomy in Schiller

Journal of the History of Ideas , Volume 64 (1) – May 12, 2003

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University of Pennsylvania Press
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Copyright © 2003 The Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc.
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1086-3222

Abstract

<p> This essay provides a systematic as well as chronological account of Schiller&apos;s concepts of freedom and autonomy. Its main thesis is that the duality of Schiller&apos;s moral/aesthetic ideal in the Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man - of beauty and the sublime, of play and the moral law - is a result of his use of conflicting concepts of autonomy. While it is widely accepted that Schiller took over Kant&apos;s concept of autonomy, I argue that he simultaneously employed another concept of autonomy, that of the contemporary philosopher Karl Leonhard Reinhold, whose criticism of Kant&apos;s concept of free will and alternative formulation of the concept of a neutral will influenced Schiller. </p>

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Journal of the History of IdeasUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: May 12, 2003

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