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The Perfection of Freedom: Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel between the Ancients and the Moderns
D.C. Schindler
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Paperback. The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with possibilities yet all but forgotten in contemporary thought. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. .
The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with possibilities yet all but forgotten in contemporary thought. This understanding, developed in different but complementary ways by the German thinkers Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel, connects freedom, not exclusively with power and possibility, but rather, most fundamentally, with completion, wholeness, and actuality. What is unique here is specifically the interpretation of freedom in terms of form, whether it be aesthetic form (Schiller), organic form (Schelling), or social form (Hegel). Although this book presents serious criticisms of the three philosophers, ... Read more
The Perfection of Freedom seeks to respond to the impoverished conventional notion of freedom through a recovery of an understanding rich with possibilities yet all but forgotten in contemporary thought. This understanding, developed in different but complementary ways by the German thinkers Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel, connects freedom, not exclusively with power and possibility, but rather, most fundamentally, with completion, wholeness, and actuality. What is unique here is specifically the interpretation of freedom in terms of form, whether it be aesthetic form (Schiller), organic form (Schelling), or social form (Hegel). Although this book presents serious criticisms of the three philosophers, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227176436
SKU
V9780227176436
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About D.C. Schindler
D.C. Schindler is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University. He is the author of Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Dramatic Structure of Truth (2004) and Plato's Critique of Impure Reason (2008).
Reviews for The Perfection of Freedom: Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel between the Ancients and the Moderns
"David Schindler has written a profound book on freedom. Through his penetrating analysis of Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel, he offers us nothing less than an alternative to the modern notion of freedom as freedom of choice. . . . The Perfection of Freedom wears its erudition lightly in a compelling display of philosophical thinking and revisioning that will take us ... Read more