02983cam a22003733u 4500 76691 UtSlPG 20260610134757.0 m cr n 260607r20251915utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 15016901 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PT Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Goethe and Schiller's Xenions Second edition Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenien Release date is 2025-08-17 Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Goethe and Schiller''s Xenions by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller" is a collection of satirical epigrams written in the late 18th century. Cast in classical elegiac distichs, the work blends literary polemic with philosophical reflection, targeting critics and cultural trends while defending a higher ideal of art and thought. The likely topic is a sharp, witty defense of reason, taste, and moral seriousness against philistinism, sentimentality, and shallow rationalism, framed as brief, pointed couplets. The book begins with an account of the Xenions’ origin and their classical form, then presents the poems in themed groups. “Introductory” declares the poets’ purpose; “Soul and World” distills ideas on reason, nature, fate, and immortality; “Critical and Literary” assails dull reviewers and hollow trends; “Satirical and Personal” lampoons named figures like Nicolai and the Stolbergs; “The Philosophers in Hades” stages a brisk underworld colloquy with Descartes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Leibniz, Kant, Hume, Fichte, and others; “Philosophical Problems” weighs empiricism, system-building, teleology, and duty; “Science and Art” contrasts genius and imitation, poetry and natural science, and celebrates bold discovery through the figure of Columbus; and “Wisdom, Morality and Religion” offers compact maxims on virtue, truth versus error, ritual, mysticism, and the unity behind change. Extensive notes clarify names, quarrels, and allusions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1915 German literature -- 18th century -- Translations into English Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 https://archive.org/details/goetheschillersx00goetiala/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76691 117416 117416