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Category Archive: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “An aphorism ought to be entirely…”

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

October 28, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “Many works of the ancients have…”

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.

October 26, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “Every complete man has his genius….”

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

September 23, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “The difference between religion and morality…”

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

September 19, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “It is peculiar to mankind to…”

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

July 25, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “What is called good society is…”

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

July 7, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “The poetry of this one is…”

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?

June 29, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “Wit is the appearance, the external…”

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

June 4, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “Religion can emerge in all forms…”

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.

May 28, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “One can only become a philosopher…”

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

May 17, 2021 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

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