Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.

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.

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...

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...

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated...

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

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

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

Virtue is reason which has become energy.

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

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

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

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.