论席勒的“游戏说”

On Schiller's " Theory of Play"

游戏是席勒美学思想的核心语词。席勒通过对游戏的规定和阐述形成了他的"游戏说",成为西方思想史上关于游戏最经典的言说。在《审美教育书简》中,席勒在人性的基础上建立了游戏的特殊规定,游戏不仅是自由的游戏,还是审美的游戏。席勒根据这一规定把游戏应用到审美王国和审美教育之上,使游戏指向自身以外的人和世界。然而,也正是由于这一规定使游戏形成了自身的边界,我们必须在界限之内正确看待席勒的"游戏说"。

Play is a core concept in Schiller＇s aesthetic thoughts. Schiller has established his theory of play by formulating and expounding it,and it has become the most classical discourse about play in the history of western thoughts. In his On the Aesthetic Education of Man Schiller establishes the special rules which characterize play as not only free but also aesthetic. By this characterization,Schiller applies play to the aesthetic domain and aesthetic education,enabling play to point to the man and the world outside the self. However,it is for this reason that play forms its own frontier which our discussion of his theory of play must not overstep.