Question

A philosopher from this country analogized social reform to fixing a clock without stopping it or letting it fail to tell the time. A thinker from this country attacked a fellow countryman’s focus on the “supersensible” and his theory of “disinterestedness” (-5[1])in his Kalligone. A thinker from this country argued that impure beauty, contingent on a concept’s applying to it, is “adherent beauty.” A thinker from this country distinguishes poets who “touch us through nature” from those who “touch us through thought” (-5[1])in his (*) “On Naive and Sentimental Poetry.” (10[1])A thinker from this country posited “free play” of imagination and understanding and listed the agreeable, the beautiful, the sublime, and the good as the four aesthetic (10[1])judgements. For 10 points, name this home country of Friedrich Schiller (10[1])and Immanuel Kant. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Germany [or Federal Republic of Germany; or Bundesrepublik Deutschland; or the German Empire; or Prussia]
<Emmett Laurie, Philosophy>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mark GrantBroken HeartsEdinburgh40-5
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustTabearnacle81-5
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg Omelette3HK1MM8810
George CharlsonScottish, Irish, Both or Neither10 Negs that Shook the Quiz11510
Aidan TeeYes, ModeratorOld London Town12610
Abigail TanTabearnacleBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust12910
James CarrigyEdinburghBroken Hearts13010

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y1100%0%0%126.00
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2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y1100%0%0%96.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%40%117.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y1100%100%0%69.00