A történelem esztétikai szemléletének megjelenése Schiller A fenségesről című írásában

The writing of Schiller entitled On the Sublime not only represents a radical shift compared to his own previous view on history (1), but in general it adds an entirely new thought to the literature on the sublime (2), and to the philosophy of history (3). I can but only refer briefly to the novelty represented by these three aspects of the writing, putting in focus the third aspect, the emergence of the aesthetic view of history. Seen retrospectively, perhaps this writing of Schiller represents the common starting point of the discourses of the 19th and 20th century, revealing an aesthetic approach to history, and entailing very divergent motivations and conclusions.