Friedrich Schiller's Republic Of Art And Truth

Schiller's 1795 "On the Aesthetic Education of Man" was a call to honor both art and truth in the new modern form of society. How do his ideas look today?

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist, circa 1790. Painting. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Friedrich Schiller is probably best known for the words of Ode To Joy, ac…