“Only through the morning-gate of the Beautiful do you make your way into the land of cognition” Schiller „The Artists“, 1789. Friedrich Schiller, the German freedom poet of the classical period calls for the freedom of thought in his ‚Don Carlos‘ but what does the „ Congress for Cultural Freedom“ (CCF) call for? The admitted …
Weiterlesen →Dec 14 “Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice” Paul Robeson, 1937 Paul Robeson is a man who defies categorization. Although famous for his baritone voice and acting, Robeson was …
Weiterlesen →What say of it? what say CONSCIENCE grim, That spectre in my path? – Chamberlayne’s Pharonnida There has always been a fascination with “horror” since time immemorial, such that much of what functions to thrill us today is not much different from the sort of folk tales told hundreds if not thousands of years ago. …
Weiterlesen →Where there is danger, the healing forces are growing, too. Friedrich Schiller’s more than 200 years old ideas about the development of better notions, purer principles and customs more noble, promise healing from the infirmities of our own times. It was noble literature laureate Thomas Mann who expressed this view in 1955, when commemorating the …
Weiterlesen →Chinas Ode an den großen deutschen Dichter Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller war und ist nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern auch im weit entfernen China einflussreich und beliebt. Mitte Mai sind in der chinesischen Hauptstadt Beijing Akademiker, Literatur- und Kunstschaffende sowie Schillerfreunde zusammengekommen, um sich über Friedrich Schiller auszutauschen.Am 9. Mai vor 200 Jahren starb in …
Weiterlesen →This article appears in the March 19, 2021 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. The Influence of Schiller’s Thought In Revolutionary China by William Jones [Print version of this article] View full size Portrait by Friedrich Pecht Friedrich Schiller March 5—The recent decision by the Chinese government to make aesthetic education an integral part of every Chinese student’s educational curriculum was based …
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Wird die Menschheit immer klüger? Das ist zu bezweifeln. Dennoch interessiert sich kaum jemand für die Geschichte der Dummheit. Zeit für eine Spurensuche. 09.04.2021, 05.55 Uhr Ab dem Spätmittelalter stand der Narr für die Gottlosigkeit und den Tod. Bild nicht übernehmbar Philips Galle, Kopf eines Narren zur Fastnacht, um 1560 Im Frühsommer 1919 steht der …
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The Iron Heel, We, and Collected Essays of George Orwell 4665 ViewsFebruary 20, 2021 14 Comments by Francis Lee for the Saker Blog 1. Jack London and the Iron Heel The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by the American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. It is considered to be one of the earliest examples of …
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Astelle der üblichen Weihnachtsworte und Neujahrswünsche, als Zeichen und in der Hoffnung, dass nicht alle, die uns im Laufe des Jahres abgeschrieben haben, ihre Augen und Ohren vor wachsendem, himmelschreiendem Unrecht verschließen werden. Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern! Einsam ist jeder Busch und Stein, Kein Baum sieht den andern, Jeder ist …
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The Politics of Thinking and Cultural Warfare Explored -Darwin, Kepler, Shakespeare and More by Matthew EhretDecember 19, 2020 https://theduran.com/the-politics-of-thinking-and-cultural-warfare-explored-darwin-kepler-shakespeare-and-more/ Amidst the multiplying self-contradictions caused by the incompatibility of our perceptions of reality and reality itself, crises on every level (economic, geopolitical, spiritual) are becoming too ugly and painful to ignore anymore. Some of the most pressing …
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