Dialectic of love : platonism in Schiller's aesthetics / David Pugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pugh, David, 1952-

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 22.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Platonists.

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805--Aesthetics.

Schiller, Friedrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 432 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dialectic of Love analyses the arguments of Schiller's major writings on aesthetics and argues that his philosophical thought, theories, and concepts are characteristic of the Platonic tradition. Schiller's conception of beauty is seen as synthesis, the sublime as separation. Pugh connects these concepts to Aristotle's critique of Plato's theory of ideas, in which Aristotle points out an aporia of chorismos (separation) and methexis (participation). In Schiller's thought, Pugh argues, beauty and the sublime operate primarily as metaphysical relations of methexis and chorismos and only secondarily as aesthetic concepts. While Schiller, Pugh reveals, is not very well suited for the role of champion of the Enlightenment, he remains a crucial figure in the transmission of the Platonic tradition to modern idealism and in the application of the Platonic metaphysical heritage to nineteenth-century aesthetics.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Mythological Transformations

Logic and Metaphysics

Schiller, Kant, and Plato

Ideals and Illusions

The Departure of Venus: “Die Goiter Griechenlandes”

New Solutions: “Die Kiinstler”

Beauty and Goodness: ÜberAnmut und Würde

The Rational and the Aesthetic State: Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen

Poetry and the Ideal: Über Naive und Sentimentalische Dichtung

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-425) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85652-9

9786612856525

0-7735-6414-4

OCLC:

929121891