Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Inspiration Copy Share Image
Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Different Copy Share Image
Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Character Copy Share Image
Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Extremes Copy Share Image
Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Entitled Copy Share Image
Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Critique Copy Share Image
Can we expect the redemption of the world from scholars? I doubt it. But the time has come for all artists to… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Genius Copy Share Image
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
An artist is he who has his center within himself. He who lacks this must choose a particular leader and mediator outside… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Art Copy Share Image
Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Humanity Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of explanation in science: explanations which throw a light upon, or give a hint at a matter; explanations… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Explanation Copy Share Image
From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Poetry Copy Share Image
Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Negative Copy Share Image
In true prose everything must be underlined. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Prose Copy Share Image
In England, wit is at least a profession, if not an art. everything becomes professional there, and even the rogues of that… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Absolute freedom Copy Share Image
In order to be able to write well upon a subject, one must have ceased to be interested in it; the thought… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Able Copy Share Image
There are ancient and modern poems which breathe, in their entirety and in every detail, the divine breath of irony. In such… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Ancient Copy Share Image
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Childbirth Copy Share Image
We do not see God, but everywhere we see something divine; first and most typically in the center of a reasonable man,… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Depth Copy Share Image
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Depth Copy Share Image
One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Philosopher Copy Share Image
Separate religion from morality, and you have the true energy for evil within man, the terrible, cruel, devastating, and inhuman principle which… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Character Copy Share Image
Because Christianity is a religion of death, it could be treated with the utmost realism, and it could have its orgies, just… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Christian life Copy Share Image
