In true prose everything must be underlined. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel prosetrueunderline Change image and share on social
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ancientchristianitygrotesque Change image and share on social
The essential point of view of Christianity is sin. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel christianityessentialpoint Change image and share on social
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 appearartbible Change image and share on social
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel aphorismartcomplete Change image and share on social
When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel callcontactelectrical Change image and share on social
Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel compoundexplosionspirit Change image and share on social
A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel classicaldesireeducate Change image and share on social
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel concisedefinitiondetermine share on social
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 callphilologicalphilosophical Change image and share on social
