"Belief must be something different from a mixture……" — Friedrich Schleiermacher
"Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs."
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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11 Quotes by Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Our own theory is that sin was ordained only in view of redemption, and that accordingly redemption shows forth as…
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And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces…
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No God without a world, and no world without God.
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Whenever I find a spark of that hidden fire that will sooner or later consume the old and create the…
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For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered…
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Since each person, as an individual, is the not-being of the other, it is never possible to eliminate non-understanding completely.
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The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.
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Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this…
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Either the translator leaves the author in peace, as much as is possible, and moves the reader towards him: or…
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The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are…
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