The Digital Edition of the Heinrich Simon Papers : Notes by Heinrich Simon
Simon, Heinrich, 1805-1860
The Digital Edition of the Heinrich Simon Papers
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Inspired by a recollection of a night time walk with his former teacher Schmieder, Heinrich Simon ponders the question of the sublime and the role of human reason. The image of the starry sky is reminiscent of Kant’s thoughts on the sublime in the moral law in his Critique of Practical Reason.</p>