Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

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...

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

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

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.

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the...

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

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

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...

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...

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

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...

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...

In true prose everything must be underlined.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

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...