[Illustration: Friedrick Schiller] Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays INTRODUCING THE DISSERTATION ON THE “CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND SPIRITUAL MAN.” BY FRIEDRICK SCHILLER Library Edition [Illustration] NEW YORK: The Publishers Plate Renting Co. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 5 LETTERS ON THE ÆSTHETICAL EDUCATION OF MAN 33 ÆSTHETICAL ESSAYS:— THE MORAL UTILITY OF ÆSTHETIC MANNERS 126 ON THE SUBLIME 135 THE PATHETIC 149 ON GRACE AND DIGNITY 175 ON DIGNITY 211 ON THE NECESSARY LIMITATIONS IN THE USE OF BEAUTY AND FORM 230 REFLECTIONS ON THE USE OF THE VULGAR AND LOW ELEMENTS IN WORKS OF ART 254 DETACHED REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF ÆSTHETICS 261 ON SIMPLE AND SENTIMENTAL POETRY 269 THE STAGE AS A MORAL INSTITUTION 339 ON THE TRAGIC ART 346 OF THE CAUSE OF THE PLEASURE WE DERIVE FROM TRAGIC OBJECTS 367 SCHILLER’S PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS:— PREFATORY REMARKS 379 THEOSOPHY OF JULIUS 387 ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND THE SPIRITUAL NATURE IN MAN 406 PHYSICAL CONNECTION 408 PHILOSOPHICAL CONNECTION 415 INTRODUCTION. The special subject of the greater part of the letters and essays of Schiller contained in this volume is Æsthetics; and before passing to any remarks on his treatment of the subject it will be useful to offer a few observations on the nature of this topic, and on its treatment by the philosophical spirit of different ages.