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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 149-160.

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The Logical Progress of German Idealist Aesthetics: With a Discussion on the Aesthetic Historical Significance of Schiller's On Beauty

Li Wei   

  1. the College of Arts, Anhui Normal University (Wuhu 241000, China)
  • Online:2015-11-25 Published:2017-09-22
  • About author:Li Wei, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Arts, Anhui Normal University (Wuhu 241000, China), with main research interest in German Idealist aesthetics.

Abstract: The trajectory of German Idealist aesthetics form Kant to Hegel revolves around the developmental process from philosophical analysis of psycho-aesthetic structure to dialectic examination of aesthetic object down to critical aesthetics and philosophy of art, with a knowledge background of modern European intellectual climate or the pursuit of determinacy. Schiller's On Beauty (Kallias, 1793), by exhausting the research methods of beauty, constituted an intermediary link in the advancement in German Idealist aesthetics and established its inerasable significance in the history of aesthetics.

Key words: German Idealist aesthetics, logical progress, Schiller, On Beauty (Kallias), pursuit of determinacy