Sophie von Kühn

…He spent his childhood in a pietistic religious environment. Although he died young, he was naturally gifted with deep philosophical thoughts about nature and humanity, a clear religious spirit, and other qualities. Through his love for his fiancée Sophie von Kühn and her experience of her death, as well as his work in mining and natural sciences (he became assistant to the saltworks superintendent in 1795), he constructed a romantic view of nature and history that transcended earthly life and death, producing masterpieces such as “Night Hymn,” “Heinrich von Ofterdingen” (unfinished, translated as “Blue Flowers”), and “The Student at Seyss.” In 1791, while studying at the University of Jena, he listened to a lecture on history by the young Schiller and was impressed by Schiller’s strong moral will to human development. …

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…敬虔主義の宗教的環境の中で幼年期を過ごす。若年で世を去ったが，自然と人間に対する深い哲学的思索，明朗な宗教心などの天性に加え，婚約者ゾフィーSophie von Kühnへの愛とその死の体験，さらには職務上(1795年製塩監督局補佐官に就く)携わった鉱山学，自然科学などの研究を通じて，現世の生と死を超克するロマン主義的自然観･歴史観を構築し，《夜の讃歌》や《ハインリヒ･フォン･オフターディンゲン》(未完，邦訳名《青い花》)，《ザイスの学徒》などの名作を生んだ。1791年イェーナ大学在学中若きシラーの歴史講義を聴き，人間形成に対するシラーの強靱な道徳的意志に感銘を受ける。…

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