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Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Dual Nature of Reason

Kant introduced the idea that we have these two impulses in his 11th letter. The sensuous impulse is to turn yourself into matter, alteration and reality. And then you've got the formal impulse comes from a rational nature. In some translations I think they're called drives.

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