Friedrich Schlegel
Friedrich Schlegel
Friedrich Schlegel quotes about
peculiar literature mankind
It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
ridiculous purity genre
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.
reason polemics shock
When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.
doe familiar knows
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
misunderstood use literature
The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.
realization literature subjects
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.
witty inspiration literature
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
earth kingdoms literature
Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.
witty literature good-christian
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
humanity needs characteristics
The need to raise itself above humanity is humanity's main characteristic.
excess spirit obsession
The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.
spring divinity spirit
Every form of life is in its origin not natural, but divine and human; for it must spring from love, just as there can be no reason without spirit.
definitions classification
A classification is a definition comprising a system of definitions.
love-is thinking expression
The most important thing in love is the sense for one another, and the highest thing the faith in one another. Devotion is the expression of that faith, and pleasure can revive and enhance that sense, even if not create it, as is commonly thought. Therefore, sensuality can delude bad persons for a short time into thinking they could love each other.