The Presence of Schiller in the First Period of Natorp’s Philosophy

The paper aims to reconstruct Schiller’s presence in Natorp’s philosophy, focusing on the role of Schiller’s aesthetics in the first period of Natorp’s writings (1880-1914). Its purpose is to show that, in the development of Natorp’s thought, particularly from a theoretical standpoint, Schiller was as important to him as Kant. The paper then examines how aesthetics plays a crucial role within Natorp’s theoretical perspective, especially in relation to his effort to identify the “ultimate unity” on the objective side of knowledge. Finally, it seeks to indicate, through a brief outline, how this is central to understanding Natorp’s conception of the individual as a concrete moment of objectivity and its relation to with his critical psychology.