Friedrich Schlegel Quotes on Truth
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was a German philosopher, literary critic, and one of the central figures of early Romanticism. This page collects quotes attributed to Friedrich Schlegel on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“A historian is a prophet looking backwards.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Irony is a permanent parabasis.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Philosophy must always remain a striving and never claim to be a possession.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Schlegel:
“Beauty is the meaningful manifestation of the infinite in the finite.”