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Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary."

The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification."

Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.




Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming."

In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit."

One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.




Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Virtue is reason which has become energy."

Virtue is reason which has become energy.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical sketches, studies, aphorisms, trends, ruins, and raw material."

There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical sketches, studies, aphorisms, trends, ruins, and raw material.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion."

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




Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "In true prose everything must be underlined."

In true prose everything must be underlined.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant; without philosophy, licentious in all wantonness, and lascivious to the point of self-castration."

Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant; without philosophy, licentious in all wantonness, and lascivious to the point of self-castration.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion, then withdraws into itself to assimilate it. The same is true of philosophy."

The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion, then withdraws into itself to assimilate it. The same is true of philosophy.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "One mentions many artists who are actually art works of nature."

One mentions many artists who are actually art works of nature.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense."

The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense.




Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten. They would at least never become works of art."

Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten. They would at least never become works of art.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The need to raise itself above humanity is humanity's main characteristic."

The need to raise itself above humanity is humanity's main characteristic.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author of heaven and earth, that they usually say after a completed day of work: "And behold, what he had done was good."

The meanest authors have at least this similarity with the great author of heaven and earth, that they usually say after a completed day of work: "And behold, what he had done was good.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Religion and morals are symmetrically opposed, just like poetry and philosophy."

Religion and morals are symmetrically opposed, just like poetry and philosophy.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "I have expressed some ideas that point to the center; I have saluted the dawn in my way, from my point of view. He who knows the way should do the same, in his way, and from his point of view."

I have expressed some ideas that point to the center; I have saluted the dawn in my way, from my point of view. He who knows the way should do the same, in his way, and from his point of view.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "All thinking of the religious man is etymological, a reduction of all concepts to the original intuition, to the characteristic."

All thinking of the religious man is etymological, a reduction of all concepts to the original intuition, to the characteristic.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "In every good poem everything must be both deliberate and instinctive. That is how the poem becomes ideal."

In every good poem everything must be both deliberate and instinctive. That is how the poem becomes ideal.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "There is no self-knowledge except historical self-knowledge. No one knows what he is if he doesn't know what his contemporaries are."

There is no self-knowledge except historical self-knowledge. No one knows what he is if he doesn't know what his contemporaries are.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The highest good and solely useful is liberal education."

The highest good and solely useful is liberal education.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Just as the Romans were the only nation that was truly a nation, so our age is the first genuine age."

Just as the Romans were the only nation that was truly a nation, so our age is the first genuine age.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius."

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Because Christianity is a religion of death, it could be treated with the utmost realism, and it could have its orgies, just likethe old religion of nature and life."

Because Christianity is a religion of death, it could be treated with the utmost realism, and it could have its orgies, just likethe old religion of nature and life.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit."

Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness."

The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Whoever could properly characterize Goethe's Meister would have actually expressed what is the timely trend in literature. He would be able, as far as literary criticism is concerned, to rest."

Whoever could properly characterize Goethe's Meister would have actually expressed what is the timely trend in literature. He would be able, as far as literary criticism is concerned, to rest.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Philosophy still moves too much straight ahead, and is not yet cyclical enough."

Philosophy still moves too much straight ahead, and is not yet cyclical enough.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion."

Poetry and philosophy are, according to how you take them, different spheres, different forms, or factors of religion. Try to really combine both, and you will have nothing but religion.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences."

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself."

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time."

Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "The historian is a prophet looking backwards."

The historian is a prophet looking backwards.



Friedrich Schlegel Quotes: "Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism."

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.