The whole history of modern poetry is a continuous commentary on the short text of philosophy: every art should become science, and… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Criticism Copy Share Image
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Purity Copy Share Image
The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion,… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Facts Copy Share Image
If one writes or reads novels from the point of view of psychology, it is very inconsistent and petty to want to… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Analysis Copy Share Image
The essential point of view of Christianity is sin. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Christianity Copy Share Image
Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Divine Copy Share Image
We should never invoke the spirit of antiquity as our authority. Spirits are peculiar things; they cannot be grasped with the hands… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Antiquity Copy Share Image
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Educated Copy Share Image
Through artists mankind becomes an individual, in that they unite the past and the future in the present. They are the higher… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Among Copy Share Image
Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Books Copy Share Image
How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Books Copy Share Image
It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Career Copy Share Image
Most thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and synthesized with their antipodes. Thus many philosophical writings become very… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Antipodes Copy Share Image
A good preface must be the root and the square of the book at the same time. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Book Copy Share Image
The historian is a prophet looking backward. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Historian Copy Share Image
The highest good and solely useful is liberal education. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Education Copy Share Image
Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Character Copy Share Image
Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Fragments Copy Share Image
The two basic maxims of the so-called historical criticism are the postulate of the common and the axiom of the ordinary. Postulate… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Axioms Copy Share Image
Some speak of the public as if it were someone with whom they have had dinner at the Leipzig Fair in the… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Church Copy Share Image
The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Character Copy Share Image
Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Creativity Copy Share Image
The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Excess Copy Share Image
