Abstract

The present article aims to approach in detail the reasons that lead to a discussion between Schiller and Fichte in 1795 on the appropriate phi- losophical ‘style’ of writing. This discussion led Schiller to publish On the necessary limitations in the use of beautiful forms. I intend to show that, to Fichte, this argument is based exclusively on a matter of style that only relates to philosophy supplementarily, whereas in Schiller’s case the question on ‘style’ leads directly to the heart of his philosophical and aesthetic-political proposal. To Schiller, as I will show, writing is a constitutive moment of truth; in consequence, an adequate philosophical presenta- tion is also one in which the truth’s most complete and perfect configuration takes place.