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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a prominent German writer and philosopher, known for his contributions to the Enlightenment. He is celebrated for his plays, poetry, and literary criticism, which often explored moral and philosophical themes. more

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“But what you’re calling poetry is what everything is. It’s not even poetry — it’s seeing. These materialists are blind. You told me they say space is infinite. Where do they see that in space?” And I, disconcerted: “But don’t you think of space as infinite? Can’t you conceive of space as infinite?” “I don’t conceive of anything as being infinite. How could I conceive of anything as being infinite?” “But, man,” I said, “Imagine space. Beyond that space is more space, and beyond that more, and then more, and more... It never ends...“ “Why?” asked my master Caeiro.”