The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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...

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

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

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

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he...

In true prose everything must be underlined.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

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.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

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...

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...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the...

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...

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.

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center...

Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.

Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.

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...

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

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...

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...

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...