Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788-1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision. F. Schiller was born on November 10, 1759, in Marbach, Württemberg as the only son of military doctor Johann Kaspar Schiller (1733-96), and Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiß (1732-1802). They also had five daughters. His father was away in the Seven Years‘ War when Friedrich was born. He was named after Frederick II of Prussia, the king, but he was called Fritz by nearly everyone. Kaspar Schiller was rarely home during the war, but he did manage to visit the family once in a while. His wife and children also visited him occasionally wherever he happened to be stationed. When the war ended in 1763, Schiller’s father became a recruiting officer and was stationed in Schwäbisch Gmünd. The family moved with him. Due to the high cost of living-especially the rent- the family moved to nearby Lorch. Although the family was happy in Lorch, Schiller’s father found his work unsatisfying. He sometimes took his son with him. In Lorch, Schiller received his primary education. The quality of the lessons was fairly bad, and Friedrich regularly cut class with his older sister. Because his parents wanted Schiller to become a pastor, they had the pastor of the village instruct the boy in Latin and Greek. Pastor Moser was a good teacher…http://booksllc.net/?l=de