Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quotes and sayings page 3 (poet). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 88 we have.
“Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.”
“As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.”
“Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.”
“Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.”
“Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.”
“Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.”
“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.”
“It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.”
“From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.”
“How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.”
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