Study On Lessing's Thought Of Poetic Enlightenment

In ancient Greece,the development of moral education has always been accompanied by ration and poetic figure.People gradually changed their questions from “whether virtue could be taught” to“how to teach virtues”,which reflected the widespread availability of educational ideas.In the eighteenth century,the German feudal and bourgeois forces were arrogant and the social moral problems emerged in an endless stream.From the perspective of social reality,thinkers were trying to emancipate human nature through education and seek personal happiness and social stability.Lessing broke through the limitations of classical poetic education,proposed the idea of poetic enlightenment to all citizens of society.He tried to combine drama with the cultivation of human morality and analyze the educational function in a dramatic way that was committed to develop a good way.Lessing's poetic thought attempted to inspire people's emotions through the image and intuitive drama expressions,thereby affecting people's soul.Moralization and improvement of human nature were the ultimate goals of drama,it reflected the poetic unique role in moral enlightenment.The influential “Natan of the Wise”is the practice of his poetic education in the drama.Both the ancient Greek music education and ancient Chinese poetry and music education thoughts contained certain rational colors,which advocated the rational control of emotion,resulted in the class limitation of the teaching object.In contrast,Lessing had an insight of the universality of the object.Poetic enlightenment is not an affiliation of rational education,but has a more incomparable role than rational education.In addition,compared with the drama education of Lessing's contemporary enlightenment thinkers,poetic enlightenment aroused emotions that directly taught people the uniqueness of goodness.Poetic enlightenment enjoys the freedom of the senses,which is a kind of civilized way of human nature.Lessing's poetic enlightenment provided a lamp for the modern education to get out of difficulties.Help us to face the role of emotions,improve the modern education approach that attaches too much importance to rational education and meet the moral needs of diffident educated objects.And bring a hearty life experience to the virtues.