Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind...

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

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

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

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...

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...

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

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.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

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...

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...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work...

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

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

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...