Rüdiger Safranski is a German literary scholar and author. He has been Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the Free University of Berlin since 2012.
To understand Schiller & Goethe and their friendship this is an easy intro into the world of Weimar and the 2 German Classics. Safranski is an avid reader and known via TV (ZDF) and while reading and digesting he writes his own books like a project, one by one. I read most of his books like about the German Romantics and his many biographies. Easy to understand and then the original texts you are interested in, one by one. Nietzsche and more ...