Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to...

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to...

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...

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...

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...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is...

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is...

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

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...