Novalis
Novalis
Novaliswas the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, a poet, author, and philosopher of Early German Romanticism. Hardenberg's professional work and university background, namely his study of mineralogy and management of salt mines in Saxony, was often ignored by his contemporary readers. The first studies showing important relations between his literary and professional works started in the 1960s...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth2 May 1772
CityWiederstedt, Germany
CountryGermany
Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
Darwin remarks that we are less dazzled by the light at waking, if we have been dreaming of visible objects. Happy are those who have here dreamt of a higher vision! They will the sooner be able to endure the glories of the world to come.
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
Nature is a petrified magic city.
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
Character is a wish for a perfect education.