Friedrich Schiller

Birth: 1759-11-10 , Marbach am Neckar

Death: 1805-05-09 , Weimar

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, and historian, considered one of the most important playwrights in the German language. He is often associated with the Sturm und Drang movement and Weimar Classicism. His most famous works include plays such as "The Robbers", "Don Carlos", "Mary Stuart", and "William Tell", as well as poems like "Ode to Joy". Schiller explored themes of freedom, justice, idealism, and the human condition in his works.

This feat of Tell, the archer, will be told While yonder mountains stand upon their base. By heaven! The apple’s cleft right through the core.

Courage and Strength

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