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"A kiss on the lips, but a dagger in the heart"

"A kiss on the lips, but a dagger in the heart"

Read-along: The Robbers, by Friedrich Schiller, Acts I-II

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Mar 28, 2021
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As we discussed in our opening post, this newsletter is not just about reading philosophy. It is also about reading poetry. So if you are interested, I would like to walk you through a poem. But if you’d rather just consider Schiller’s play about angry young men, feel free to skip ahead to the main course.

Poetry can be hard to understand, so rather…

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