From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

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

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

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

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...

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...

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...

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

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...

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

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...

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

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.