The historian is a prophet looking backward.

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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books...

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books...

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the...

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the...

Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate...

Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate...

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...