We are Classical

In the summer of 1785, German poet, playwright and philosopher Friedrich Schiller composed the poem "Ode to Joy" (German: "An die Freude"), in which he enthusiastically celebrates the brotherhood and unity of all mankind. It was destined to become one of his most popular works, and an enduring legacy and testament to the spirit of the renowned intellectual and the movement known as Weimar Classicism (of which he was a main exponent together with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).