Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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...

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.

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...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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

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

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...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom...

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they...

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they...

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

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

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

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

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...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...