Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and...

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

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.

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.

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...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written...

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not...

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within...

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...

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

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

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

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.