Die heroische Moral des Nihilismus: Schiller und Alfieri

The Heroes Of Schiller's And Alfieri's Plays Experience The Hubris And Despair That Arise From Knowing That Man Is A God Banished Into A World Of Worms. In His Study, Paolo Panizzo Identifies A Paradigm Shift In The Work Of These Late Enlightenment Playwrights: From The Old European Idea Of Heroic Stoicism To The New Modern Notion Of Heroic Nihilism.