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Jun 2023
45m 48s

Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romantici...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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On selected fragments from 1797-1801, "Dialogue on Poesy" (1799), and "Concerning the Essence of Critique" (1804).

What makes art "Romantic"? Schlegel sees good art as uniquely, authentically reaching out to a divine source that underlies and connects each of us.

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