Friedrich Schlegel quotes - page 3

India is pre-eminently distinguished for the many traits of original grandeur of thought and of the wonderful remains of immediate knowledge. (Friedrich Schlegel)
This perception-this comprehension-this right discernment of the great events and general results of universal history, is what might be termed a science of history; and I would have here preferred that term, were it not liable to much misconception, and might have been understood as referring more to special and learned inquiries, than the other name I have adopted... View quote
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The most important subject, and the first problem of philosophy, is the restoration in man of the lost image of God; so far as this relates to science. Should this restoration in the internal consciousness be fully understood, and really brought about, the object of pure philosophy is attained. View quote
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era. View quote
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities. View quote
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Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem. View quote
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Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. View quote
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The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion. View quote
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In true prose everything must be underlined. View quote
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Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal. View quote
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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth. (Friedrich Schlegel)
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. View quote
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. View quote
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit. View quote
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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach. View quote
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. View quote
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All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. View quote
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A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory. View quote
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. View quote
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Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin. View quote
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. (Friedrich Schlegel)
Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry. View quote
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It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both. View quote
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin. View quote
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From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. View quote
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