Timothy Stoll
Biographic Data
| ID | 4277948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Stoll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Stoll |
| SIGNATURE | STOLL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Timothy StollBirkbeck College, University of London , UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5481-2571 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nietzsche and Schiller on Aesthetic Distance
A key contention of Nietzsche's philosophy is that art helps us affirm life. A common reading holds that it does so by paving over, concealing, or beautifying life's undesirable features. This interpretation is unsatisfactory for two main reasons: Nietzsche suggests that art should foreground what is ‘ugly’ about existence, and he sees thoroughgoing honesty about life's character as a requirement on genuine affirmation. The paper presents an alte…
Tragedy as a Symbol of Autonomy in Schiller's Aesthetics
Schiller's essays on tragedy attempt to argue that tragic experience is ethically valuable by forging a connection with Kant's conception of autonomy. Standard interpretations hold that the connection lies in the fact that tragedies depict characters (primarily the hero) exercising autonomy. This paper argues that Schiller also views the experience prompted by tragedy as itself involving autonomy. Drawing on Kant's discussion of aesthetic "symbol…
The Schopenhauerian Mind
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Nietzsche and Schiller on Aesthetic Semblance
Nietzsche consistently valorizes artistic falsehoods. On standard interpretations, this is because art provides deceptive yet salutary fictions that help us affirm life. This reading conflicts, however, with Nietzsche’s insistence that life affirmation requires untrammeled honesty. I present an alternative interpretation which navigates the interpretive impasse. With special attention to the influence of Friedrich Schiller, the paper argues for t…
Tragedy as a Symbol of Autonomy in Schiller's Aesthetics
Schiller's essays on tragedy attempt to argue that tragic experience is ethically valuable by forging a connection with Kant's conception of autonomy. Standard interpretations hold that the connection lies in the fact that tragedies depict characters (primarily the hero) exercising autonomy. This paper argues that Schiller also views the experience prompted by tragedy as itself involving autonomy. Drawing on Kant's discussion of aesthetic "symbol…
Nietzsche and Schiller on Aesthetic Semblance
Nietzsche consistently valorizes artistic falsehoods. On standard interpretations, this is because art provides deceptive yet salutary fictions that help us affirm life. This reading conflicts, however, with Nietzsche’s insistence that life affirmation requires untrammeled honesty. I present an alternative interpretation which navigates the interpretive impasse. With special attention to the influence of Friedrich Schiller, the paper argues for t…
Tragedy as a Symbol of Autonomy in Schiller's Aesthetics
Schiller's essays on tragedy attempt to argue that tragic experience is ethically valuable by forging a connection with Kant's conception of autonomy. Standard interpretations hold that the connection lies in the fact that tragedies depict characters (primarily the hero) exercising autonomy. This paper argues that Schiller also views the experience prompted by tragedy as itself involving autonomy. Drawing on Kant's discussion of aesthetic "symbol…
The Schopenhauerian Mind
Item does not contain fulltext
Nietzsche and Schiller on Aesthetic Distance
A key contention of Nietzsche's philosophy is that art helps us affirm life. A common reading holds that it does so by paving over, concealing, or beautifying life's undesirable features. This interpretation is unsatisfactory for two main reasons: Nietzsche suggests that art should foreground what is ‘ugly’ about existence, and he sees thoroughgoing honesty about life's character as a requirement on genuine affirmation. The paper presents an alte…
Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Honesty (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Aesthetic experience (1 works)