Excerpt from Parallel Themes and Their Treatment in Schiller and Shaftesbury My aim in this study is chiefly expositional; I seek to present the essential similarities in the central themes of Schiller and of Shaftesbury and to describe the manner in which these themes are treated, hence no attempt is made to take up the writings chronologically, or to determine the validity of any theme for the complete structure of either writer. It is not my purpose to attempt to prove that Schiller borrowed, or did not borrow, his doctrines from Shaftesbury; moreover, I believe that one's attitude on such questions, where the evidence is so obviously conjectural and slight, is at most matter for personal preference, certainly it does not permit of scientific establishment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.