play drive (Spieltrieb)
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The play drive (Spieltrieb) is Friedrich Schiller’s aesthetic concept of a human impulse that harmonizes our rational and sensory natures through free, creative play, enabling genuine freedom and the appreciation of beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| play drive (Spieltrieb) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aesthetic concept
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anthropological concept ⓘ concept in aesthetics ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
harmonize rational and sensory natures
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mediate between reason and sense ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
German idealism
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surface form:
German Idealism
Weimar Classicism ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
Enlightenment aesthetics
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classical German philosophy ⓘ |
| centralTo | Schiller’s theory of aesthetic education ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
free from external purposes
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non-instrumental activity ⓘ |
| concerns |
formation of character through aesthetic experience
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relation between beauty and freedom ⓘ |
| creator | Friedrich Schiller ⓘ |
| developedIn |
Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen
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surface form:
Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man
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| enables |
aesthetic experience
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appreciation of beauty ⓘ genuine human freedom ⓘ |
| goal |
formation of moral and political freedom through aesthetics
ⓘ
realization of the fully human being ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
aesthetics
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philosophical anthropology ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
reconcile necessity and freedom in the subject
ⓘ
unify rational law and sensuous inclination ⓘ |
| hasGermanName | Spieltrieb ⓘ |
| hasKeyTextualSource |
Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen
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surface form:
Letter 14 of On the Aesthetic Education of Man
|
| influenced |
Romantic aesthetics
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later theories of aesthetic autonomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | synthesis of sensibility and reason ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| mediatesBetween |
form drive (Formtrieb)
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sense drive (Stofftrieb) ⓘ |
| operatesThrough |
creative play
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free play ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen
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surface form:
On the Aesthetic Education of Man
|
| presupposes |
capacity for imagination
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capacity for self-determination ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
form drive (Formtrieb)
ⓘ
sense drive (Stofftrieb) ⓘ |
| usedInDebatesOn |
autonomy of art
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play theory in culture and education ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.