The Schiller Translations / The Secession of the Netherlands from Spanish Ruling Part 1

F. Schiller is a major figure of Enlightenment, who influenced many other philosophers and statesmen and historians with his insightful rendition of such topics as the State, History, Religion.

It had brought into light and developed many rare and beautiful virtues; however, it lacked the two most indispensable of all, restraint and intelligence, without which all enterprises are vain, without which all the fruits of the most forceful effort are wasted. Had its goals remained as pure as the Alliance first told people, or only remained as pure as they really were when it was founded; hence, it would have defied the arbitrarinesses which buried it prematurely, and it would also not have deserved, in an unfortunate manner, a place in History. F. Schiller The Secession of the Netherlands from Spanish Ruling In this work , he describes in detail the relationship among the central authority (the Emperor), the regent and the various state councils and local parliaments. It is an attempt to analyze the complex power relationships among the ruler and the other executive and legislative offices. Many will find in this work some very interesting principles of statesmanship.