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

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

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...

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.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

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...

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

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.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

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...

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

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

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...