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The Sophist demonstrates that everything is true and nothing is true.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
The world is rejuvenated, but as Heine so wittily remarked, it was rejuvenated by romanticism to such a degree that it became a baby again.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories, and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
Socrates did not stop with a philosophical consideration of mankind; he addressed himself to each one individually, wrested everything from him, and sent him away empty-handed.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)
The similarity between Christ and Socrates consists essentially in their dissimilarity. Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony.
On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841)