
Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of the Aesthetic Condition
The way man begins is not simply the introduction of the rational. The thing that we had before we had any sensory impressions were empty of content. He moves on, maybe one of you can explain it, but he moves on this confusing way to this idea of the aesthetic condition as active determinability. It's reminiscent of this indeterminate time before the material had set in this indeterminates state. And for exactly the same reason, they're determining forces nullify each other and through their counter position, bring about a negation.
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