Who has ever thought the arts had anything to do with freedom? Schiller did. Forced by a German noble to enter a military school, he escaped. Struggling to achieve freedom, he wrote a series of letters on the relation of art to freedom. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Friedrich von Schiller died May 9, 1805.
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Introductory Note: Thomas Henry Huxley
Science and Culture, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Introductory Note: Niccolo Machiavelli
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Introductory Note: Michael Faraday
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Introductory Note: William Hazlitt
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Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
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Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory Note: The Book of Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes (Ch. 1-5)
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Introductory Note: David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Of Miracles), by David Hume
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