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'Man defines himself by his deeds - and what kind of image of man do we see in the mirror of our present times?' The poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller was also a profound philosopher, who described his work On the Aesthetic Education of Man as 'the best thing that I have done in my life'. This impassioned treatise analyses politics, revolution and human nature to define the relationship between beauty, art and morality. Expressed as a series of letters to a patron, it argues that only an aesthetic education - rather than government reform, religion or moral teachings - can achieve a truly free society, and must be placed at the heart of human experience. One of the most important works of German philosophy, its arguments remain as arresting and inspiring as when they were first written. Translated by Keith Tribe with an introduction and notes by Alexander Schmidt

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Friedrich Schiller comenzó a escribir Los bandidos cuando apenas tenía diecisiete años y era alumno de la Academia Superior Militar. Esta institución, máxima expresión de un absolutismo ilustrado en su versión más represiva, acogía en su seno a los jóvenes más capacitados del reino, rigurosamente seleccionados para ser formados en carreras técnicas y administrativas, con el fin de crear una reserva de talentos destinados a trabajar en los más altos puestos del estado. Los incidentes que se produjeron durante el estreno de la obra y la insostenible situación que le creo al autor llevaron a Schiller a dar el amargo paso del autoexilio y abocaron, sin embargo, a Los bandidos a una carrera teatral imparable. Los bandidos se inscribe en las tendencias dramatúrgicas de la Ilustración y del "Sturm und Drang", con un lenguaje provocativo y en ocasiones soez. Pero también tiene muchos rasgos extemporáneos que están en claro contraste con esas dos tendencias: la falta de naturalidad y espontanei

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A masterpiece of power and politics that explores the battle between honour and corruption, between truth and betrayal. Born into ancient nobility and son of the most powerful statesman in the land, Ferdinand is willing to forsake his fortune for the love of Luise, daughter of a humble musician. But in a world governed by deception and greed, where power is everything, their future happiness and liberty are beyond their control. Adapted from Friedrich Schiller's 1784 play Kabale und Liebe, Mike Poulton's Luise Miller was first staged at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2011.

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Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most influential of all playwrights, the author of deeply moving dramas that explored human fears, desires and ideals. Written at the age of twenty-one, The Robbers was his first play. A passionate consideration of liberty, fraternity and deep betrayal, it quickly established his fame throughout Germany and wider Europe. Wallenstein, produced nineteen years later, is regarded as Schiller's masterpiece: a deeply moving exploration of a flawed general's struggle to bring the Thirty Years War to an end against the will of his Emperor. Depicting the deep corruption caused by constant fighting between Protestants and Catholics, it is at once a meditation on the unbounded possible strength of humanity, and a tragic recognition of what can happen when men allow themselves to be weak.

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