As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

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...

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...

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments...

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and...

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...

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

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...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are...

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

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

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

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

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