You're listening to the Parts of the Exam in Life, a podcast by some guys who are at

one point set on doing philosophy for a living, but then thought better of it.

Our question for episode 320 is, maybe something like, what's the relationship between art

and philosophy or possibly, what's the philosophical purpose of art criticism?

We're continuing our investigation of German romanticism by reading some selections from

Friedrich Schlagel, including concerning the essence of critique from 1804 and the speech

on mythology from his dialogue on Pozy, 1799, and some of his fragments published between

1797 and 1801 in a couple of different magazines.

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This is Mark Linton-Meier, captivating the spirit of love with my magical word and

medicine Wisconsin.

This is Seth Paskin lacking either philosophy or art or possibly both in Austin, Texas.

This is Wes Alwyn, never quite as sloshed as Schlagel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This is Dylan Casey, constructing myself within myself, discovering the secret coherence

and unity of the age in medicine Wisconsin.

Wow.

So yes, we're interested in looking some more at German romanticism.

This thing that was just subsequent to or overlapping with German idealism to bridge the gap

between Kant and Hegel or Schlagel-like Schiller is giving me a lot of proto-Niche vibes here.

At least the later part.

Yeah, I think certainly Nietzsche was influenced by this and Nietzsche in a way is a reaction

to romanticism.

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