Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

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Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate...

Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate...

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...

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

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

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

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...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means...

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...

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...

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.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.

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...

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds...

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...

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none....

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...

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

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...