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*Sublime pathos
*Sublime pathos
In the many works of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller Friedrich Schiller], "Sublime Pathos" (German, das Pathetisch-Erhabene) appears as a privileged [[aesthetic]] [[concept]]. According to Schiller, sublime pathos in the [[context]] of art [[demonstrates]] human [[freedom]] and triumph in the struggle against [[suffering]]. As such, pathos no longer refers to [[suffering]] itself, but rather an effect produced by overcoming suffering. Generally, Schiller links the [[experience]] of suffering to "grand [[ideas]]" - such as the idea of [[freedom]]; in this sense, pathos reminds one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton Milton]'s [[Satan]], when he cries out: "Hail, [[horrors]], I greet thee!". Schiller's description of pathos continues to [[influence]] the use of the word today, in which such triumphant overcoming of suffering and other [[negative]] situations is seen as [[representing]] pathos. In modern [[cinema]] in particular, pathos can be found in many forms, such as in the film renditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings Lord of the Rings] directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson Peter Jackson].
In the many works of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller Friedrich Schiller], "Sublime Pathos" (German, das Pathetisch-Erhabene) appears as a privileged [[aesthetic]] [[concept]]. According to Schiller, sublime pathos in the [[context]] of art [[demonstrates]] human [[freedom]] and triumph in the struggle against [[suffering]]. As such, pathos no longer refers to [[suffering]] itself, but rather an effect produced by overcoming suffering. Generally, Schiller links the [[experience]] of suffering to "grand [[ideas]]" - such as the idea of [[freedom]]; in this sense, pathos reminds one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton Milton]'s [[Satan]], when he cries out: "Hail, [[horrors]], I greet thee!". Schiller's description of pathos continues to [[influence]] the use of the word today, in which such triumphant overcoming of suffering and other [[negative]] situations is seen as [[representing]] pathos. In modern [[cinema]] in particular, pathos can be found in many forms, such as in the film renditions of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings Lord of the Rings] directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson Peter Jackson].
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