Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Professions : PoetDied : January 12, 1829 Browse All Authors Top 187 quotes by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel genreridiculouspurity 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 literatureworldart Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel depthdoneart From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel shouldwant 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 educationworldart In true prose everything must be underlined. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel proseliterature It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel reincarnationmind It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel mankindpeculiarliterature Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel existencemenworld Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel good-christianliteraturewitty Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel formwisdomschool Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel literaturekingdomsearth 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 philosopherliteraturebelieve He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel familiarknowsdoe Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel nonsensicalpoeticideas Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel doephilosophymean When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel polemicsshockreason Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel inspirationwittylong A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel invisiblerealmspriests Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel instinctenthusiasmart Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
