On State And Religion - Richard Wagner - Bog

On State and Religion is a book written by the German composer and philosopher, Richard Wagner. The book is a collection of essays and letters that Wagner wrote throughout his life, exploring the relationship between the state and religion. In these writings, Wagner argues that the state should have a greater role in regulating religion and that religion should serve the state. He also criticizes organized religion, particularly Christianity, for being too focused on individual salvation rather than the collective good. Wagner's ideas in this book were controversial at the time and continue to be debated today. The book provides insight into Wagner's philosophical and political beliefs and his views on the role of art in society.The line my fancy followed was an organisation of public life in common, as also of domestic life, such as must lead of itself to a beauteous fashioning of the human race. The calculations of the newer Socialists therefore lost my sympathy from the moment they seemed to end in systems that took at first the repellent aspect of an organisation of Society for no other purpose but an equally-allotted toil. (3) However, after sharing the horror which this aspect kindled in aesthetically-cultured minds, (4) a deeper glance into the proposed condition of society made me believe I detected something very different from what had hovered before the fancy of those calculating Socialists themselves.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.