When the mechanical artist places his hand on the formless block, to give it a form according to his intention, he has not any scruples in doing violence to it. For the nature on which he works does not deserve any respect in itself, and he does not value the whole for its parts, but the parts on account of the whole.
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Great text, awful edition,
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Schiller's Letters make great reading, and are a key text in the history of philosophy.
Though this edition is cheap, it's worth spending the extra few bucks to get a better one. The book itself is poorly printed, and the pages and cover begin to curl with very moderate use. There are many errors in the copy, sometimes significant ones. And the translation leaves something to be desired (e.g. "the reason" instead of just "reason"). It seems just wrong for a book which takes beauty as one of its main topics to be presented in so ugly a format. *** I revised this rating and review from 2-star to 1-star when I realized that Letter XI is just plain missing from the book. It's not even in the TOC.
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By your permission I lay before you, in a series of letters, the results of my researches upon beauty and art. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
formal impulsion, sensuous impulsion, energetic beauty, active determination, sensuous man, independent appearance, aesthetic disposition, aesthetic state, graceful beauty New!
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