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Friedrich Schiller

Born

in Marbach am Neckar, duchy of Württemberg

November 10, 1759

Died

May 09, 1805

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Philosophy

Influences

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare, James Macpherson ...more

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People best know long didactic poems and historical plays, such as Don Carlos (1787) and William Tell (1804), of leading romanticist German poet, dramatist, and historian Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.

This philosopher and dramatist struck up a productive if complicated friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during the last eighteen years of his life and encouraged Goethe to finish works that he left merely as sketches; they greatly discussed issues concerning aesthetics and thus gave way to a period, now referred to as classicism of Weimar. They also worked together on Die Xenien ( The Xenies ), a collection of short but harsh satires that verbally attacked perceived enemies of the ...more

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Friedrich Schiller’s books

Average rating: 3.37 · 58,348 ratings · 2,534 reviews · 5,410 distinct works • Similar authors

	Die Räuber 3.42 avg rating — 12,950 ratings — published 1781 — 529 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kabale und Liebe 3.06 avg rating — 13,080 ratings — published 1784 — 310 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maria Stuart 3.46 avg rating — 10,872 ratings — published 1800 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilhelm Tell 3.21 avg rating — 9,069 ratings — published 1804 — 517 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Karlos: Infant von Spanien 3.51 avg rating — 2,178 ratings — published 1787 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Aesthetic Education of Man by Friedrich Schiller, Reginald Snell (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 1,847 ratings — published 1794 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Jungfrau von Orleans 3.47 avg rating — 1,550 ratings — published 1801 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre 3.29 avg rating — 942 ratings — published 1786 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost-seer 3.27 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 1787 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Schiller 4.03 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1804 — 302 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Friedrich Schiller (?)

“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”
― Friedrich Schiller, Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua

tags: lion, roar, sleeping

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“The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.”
― Friedrich von Schiller, Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua

tags: joke, joker, laughter

174 likes

“To save all we must risk all.”
― Friedrich von Schiller, Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy

tags: inspirational, risk, save

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Petersburg Öyküleri - Nikolai Gogol, 1842, 280 sayfa

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Haydutlar - Friedrich Schiller, 1781, 184 sayfa

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