“It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.” Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.” LiteratureMankindPeculiar Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences.” MenWorldExistenceEntitledPretender Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.” LiteratureFragments Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“No idea is isolated, but is only what it is among all ideas.” IdeasNo IdeaIsolated Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.” LiteratureChristianityAncientWittyMythologyMysticalGrotesqueGood Christian Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.” WisdomSchoolFormNovelPracticalsDialogueOur TimeSocratic Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.” EndsEarthLiteratureNovelKingdomsKingdom Of God Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.” BelieveLiteraturePhilosopher Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.” ThinkingFirstsLiteratureKissingPublicationChildbirthFirst KissMy First Kiss Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.” ReligionLiteratureInfinityUnfathomable Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel