Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile…

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain…

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is…

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men and in this…

Art and works of art do not make an artist sense and enthusiasm and instinct…

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself…

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of…

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind…

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds…

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin…

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into…

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

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the…

God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree…

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work…