One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel believephilosopherstop Change image and share on social
Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel absolutelydeeplydig Change image and share on social
Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel freegodimmortal Change image and share on social
One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel moralityphilosophypoetry Change image and share on social
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel childbirthkispublication Change image and share on social
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel classicalgenrepurity Change image and share on social
The main thing is to know something and to say it. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel mainthing Change image and share on social
Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel divinefemininemystery Change image and share on social
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel agecommunityfellow share on social
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel dialoguefleeform Change image and share on social
