Medium force

The central force in accordance Friedrich Schiller a force between matter and spirit , and from today's perspective to the autonomic nervous system equate. The "medium power" makes Schiller a pioneer of psychosomatics , u. a. because he contradicts Albrecht von Haller's point of view for the first time .

Schiller writes: ... there is really a force between matter ... and spirit ... I call it medium force.

The term is difficult to translate. In English , “Mittelkraft” is translated partly as mediating power , partly as central force or as intermediary force .

literature

Irmgard Egger : Mittelkraft - Senses - Medium - Anthropology and Aesthetics in Schiller's medical writings and in the Kallias letters . In: Journal of the DGEJ , Issue 37.1, pp. 83–91. Abstract

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Friedrich Schiller , historical-critical edition 1, 77.
↑ Hans M. Sutermeister: Schiller as a doctor. Bern: Haupt, 1955, p. 14.
↑ Peter-André Alt : Schiller: Life, Work, Time. CH Beck, 2009, pp. 160-162. ISBN 978-3-406-58681-1
↑ Schiller Translation - Philosophy of Physiology - 1779 - excerpts
^ Steven D. Martinson : A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller. Boydell & Brewer , 2005, p. 13. ISBN 978-1-57113-183-6
^ Sten Dahlstedt: Friedrich Schiller och estetisk fostran. In: Lychnos .

[schiller-1] Friedrich Schiller , historical-critical edition 1, 77.

[2] Hans M. Sutermeister: Schiller as a doctor. Bern: Haupt, 1955, p. 14.

[3] Peter-André Alt : Schiller: Life, Work, Time. CH Beck, 2009, pp. 160-162. ISBN 978-3-406-58681-1

[4] Schiller Translation - Philosophy of Physiology - 1779 - excerpts

[5] Steven D. Martinson : A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller. Boydell & Brewer , 2005, p. 13. ISBN 978-1-57113-183-6

[6] Sten Dahlstedt: Friedrich Schiller och estetisk fostran. In: Lychnos .