Denken und Geschichte

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Gerta Josenhans offers a personal dedication, followed by Klaus E. Kaehler's exploration of the initial meaning and crisis of philosophical aesthetics. Sabine Ehrmann-Herfort delves into the aesthetics of opera, while Peter Herfort addresses the aesthetics of the infinite. Constanze Peres examines the metaphor of the veil of truth in Schiller and Novalis. Peter Michelsen reflects on the "great object" in the prologue to Schiller's "Wallenstein," and Dieter Breuer discusses Goethe's depiction of the Sankt-Rochus festival in Bingen. Rolf Tarot analyzes the individualization of the Alexandrian character in Goethe's "Die Laune des Verliebten," and Jane V. Curran interprets Faust as a divine tragedy. Hans-Günther Schwarz connects Goethe's "Divan" to modernity, while Friedrich Strack investigates Hölderlin's hermit life in Waltershausen. Wolfgang Holler explores Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini's influence on the Dresden Zwinger, and William C. Reeve presents Georg Büchner as a Huxleyan negative visionary. Klaus Kanzog provides insights into Bertolt Brecht's "Die Maßnahme," and Ruprecht Wimmer assesses Thomas Mann's "Doktor Faustus" as a judgment of Germany or self-reflection. Anthony W. Riley discusses "Der Satz des Griechen," an unpublished fragment by Alfred Döblin, and Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz reflects on Václav Havel's "Letters to Olga." P. B. Waite shares journeys through the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography," while Thomas Curran