The historian is a prophet looking backward. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel backwardhistorianprophet Change image and share on social
Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel callchaoscompletely Change image and share on social
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel artistcenterform Change image and share on social
Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel ideanonsensicalpoem Change image and share on social
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 angerchildlikeconsume Change image and 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
Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel finiteinfiniteman 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
Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel moralityparadoxsense Change image and share on social
Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel abundantagilitychaos Change image and share on social
