Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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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.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

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...

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.

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...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

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...

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile...

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less...

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less...