Friedrich Schlegel Quotes
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was a German philosopher, literary critic, and one of the central figures of early Romanticism. With his brother August Wilhelm he founded the Athenaeum journal in Jena in 1798, which became the manifesto of the new movement and the home of his celebrated philosophical Fragments. The quotes below are attributed to Friedrich Schlegel, organized by topic.
Friedrich Schlegel on Knowledge
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Philosophy must always remain a striving and never claim to be a possession.”
Friedrich Schlegel on Time
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“A historian is a prophet looking backwards.”
Friedrich Schlegel on Truth
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Irony is a permanent parabasis.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Beauty is the meaningful manifestation of the infinite in the finite.”