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That which reminds us of nature and thus stimulates a feeling for the infinite abundance of life is beautiful. Nature is organic,and therefore the highest beauty is forever vegetative; and the same is true for morality

That which reminds us of nature and thus stimulates a feeling for the infinite abundance of life is beautiful. Nature is organic,and therefore the highest beauty is forever vegetative; and the same is true for morality and love.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Beautiful, Nature, Forever

Whoever could properly characterize Goethe's Meister would have actually expressed what is the timely trend in literature. He would be able, as far as literary criticism is concerned, to rest.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Criticism, Would Be, Literature

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Character, Criticism, Favorite Subject

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Genius, Spirit, Wit

Religion is usually nothing but a supplement to or even a substitute for education, and nothing is religious in the strict sense which is not a product of freedom. Thus one can say: The freer, the more religious; and the more education, the less religion.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Education, Religious, Religion
"Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum (1798)". Translated in "Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms" by Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, 1968.

Since poetry is infinitely valuable, I do not understand why it should be more valuable than this or that which is also infinitelyvaluable. There are artists who perhaps do not think art to be too great, for this is impossible, and yet they are not free enough to be able to rise above their own best accomplishments.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Art, Thinking, Accomplishment

There are three kinds of explanation in science: explanations which throw a light upon, or give a hint at a matter; explanations which do not explain anything; and explanations which obscure everything.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Science, Light, Giving

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Witty, Inspiration, Long
"Athenaeum" magazine, #37 (B&S), 1798.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Ideas, Poetic, Nonsensical

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Literature, Feminine, Treated

Good drama must be drastic.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Drama, Theatre, Theater

The history of imitation of the older literature, particularly abroad, has among other advantages this one, that the important concepts of unintentional parody and passive wit can be deduced from it most easily and comprehensively.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Important, Literature, Imitation

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