One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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...

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...

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree....

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree....

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...

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

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

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.

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.

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third...

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

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...

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

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

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

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...

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.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

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.

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.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.

Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.