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As an adjective, sublime means a subject that is causing deep emotions and feelings of wonder or joy. The noun sublime describes a subject that is without equal, that is supreme or of great moral, artistic or spiritual value. The verb derived from these words describes the capacity of a subject to reach the highest level without going through intermediary steps. To sublimate also means to direct any energy available to something beneficial.

More simply, F. Schiller uses the notion of sublime as a tool available to anyone for overcoming all the inconvenient aspects of the experiences we must go through in life. For Schiller, the sublime is never possible without a determined inclination towards the good and the beautiful.

“On the sublime” is his famous dissertation about the extent and limits of what it is to be a human being. One trait of the human being is the specific rapport he or she observes with what he or she perceives as power expressed upon him or her.

“On grace and dignity”: Mere submission to power being not a goal of Humanity, therefore, one should always show grace when obliging and dignity when being the one who is obliged.

“On the pathetic” specifically deals with our desire not to leave to arbitrariness the care of managing our happiness and sorrow. Therefore, we create these in our own ways; that is pathetically, through destinies, arts and culture in general.

In “Further comments on the sublime”, he extends his inquiry of the sublime to many subjects and objects, and makes a remarkable assessment of greatness and sublime in the actions of the human being.

“Scattered reflections”: In this document, Schiller disserts about the specificities of as well as the common ground among the good, the pleasant, the beautiful and the sublime subjects and their applications in gauging various aesthetical subjects.

“On Beauty” is one of the early documents with which Friedrich Schiller started his long inquiry about aesthetics in general. The letters are presented here in their full content hence leaving the reader the freedom to assess the scope of his early, rather controversial research about physical and moral Beauty.

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