An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

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.

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...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

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

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

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile...

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile...

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words...

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words...

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

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.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into...

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into...

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...

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...