“He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Form your life humanly, and you have
“Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Author: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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The poetry of this one is called
“The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Author: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Category: poetry
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Religion can emerge in all forms of
“Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Versatility of education can be found in
“Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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One has only as much morality as
“One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Author: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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In the world of language, or in
“In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific
“Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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If you want to see mankind fully,
“If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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The subject of history is the gradual
“The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Set religion free, and a new humanity
“Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Author: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Category: religion
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