Fred Beiser renowned as one of the world's leading historians of German philosophy presents a brilliant new study of Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) rehabilitating him as a philosopher worthy of serious attention. Beiser shows in particular that Schiller's engagement with Kant is far more subtle and rewarding than is often portrayed. Promising to be a landmark in the study of German thought Schiller as Philosopher will be compulsory reading for any philosopher historian or literary scholar engaged with the key developments of this fertile period.