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Quotes from Athenäum — Friedrich Schlegel

1772–1829 Germany

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Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Athenäum (1798)

Moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.

Athenäum (1798)

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.

Athenäum (1798)

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

Athenäum (1798)

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Athenäum (1798)

The historian is a reversed prophet.

Athenäum (1798)

The Satan of the Italian and English poets may be poetic; but the German Satan is satanic; and thus one could say that Satan is a German invention.

Athenäum (1798)

As a transitional condition, skepticism is logical insurrection; as a system, it is anarchy. Skeptical method would therefore be much the same as rule by insurgents.

Athenäum (1798)

Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.

Athenäum (1798)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Friedrich Schlegel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.