It is well known that during the first friendly conversation between Goethe and Syrah, Goethe refused to concede that what he called “primary plant (Urpflanze)” was an “experience” to Syrah, who regarded it as a “philosophy”. Goethe later explained the difference between himself and Schiller in terms of the relationship between “allegory” and “symbol” as follows
I didn’t know this, but it’s a very interesting episode. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/morpho1979/1997/19/1997_19_89/_pdf/-char/ja
To be continued Allegory and Symbolism.
- I found this while researching Dionysian.
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