美育书简

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 2

VOCABULARY OF TERMINOLOGY............................................... 24

LETTERS ON THE AESTHETICAL EDUCATION OF MAN

LETTER I .................................................................................................27

LETTER II.................................................................................................28

LETTER III...............................................................................................30

LETTER IV...............................................................................................32

LETTER V................................................................................................34

LETTER VI...............................................................................................36

LETTER VII..............................................................................................42

LETTER VIII............................................................................................44

LETTER IX ..............................................................................................46

LETTER X.................................................................................................49

LETTER XI...............................................................................................53

LETTER XII..............................................................................................55

LETTER XIII ............................................................................................57

LETTER XIV............................................................................................60

LETTER XV..............................................................................................62

LETTER XVI............................................................................................65

LETTER XVII...........................................................................................68

LETTER XVIII..........................................................................................70

LETTER XIX.............................................................................................71

LETTER XX .............................................................................................75

LETTER XXI.............................................................................................77

LETTER XXII...........................................................................................78

LETTER XXIII..........................................................................................82

LETTER XXIV..........................................................................................85

LETTER XXV...........................................................................................89

LETTER XXVI..........................................................................................92

LETTER XXVII........................................................................................97

THE MORAL UTILITY OF AESTHETIC MANNERS .................. 103

ON THE SUBLIME............................................................................... 111

THE PATHETIC....................................................................................122

ON GRACE AND DIGNITY...............................................................143

ON DIGNITY ........................................................................................173

ON THE NECESSARY LIMITATIONS IN THE

USE OF BEAUTY OF FORM .......................................................188

REFLECTIONS ON THE USE OF THE VULGAR AND LOW

ELEMENTS IN WORKS OF ART................................................208

DETACHED REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENT

QUESTIONS OF AESTHETICS ...................................................214

ON SIMPLE AND SENTIMENTAL POETRY..................................221

THE STAGE AS A MORAL INSTITUTION......................................279

ON THE TRAGIC ART........................................................................285

OF THE CAUSE OF THE PLEASURE WE DERIVE FROM

TRAGIC OBJECTS.........................................................................304

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席勒的这些书简不仅是现代美学史上的第一部纲领性文献，还是一部散文经典，我国前辈美学家王国维、蔡元培、朱光潜、宗白华等无不对此书推崇备至。