Famous Friedrich Von Schlegel Quotations

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"In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"The historian is a prophet in reverse."
by Friedrich von Schlegel
"The innermost meaning of sacrifice is the annihilation of the finite just because it is finite. In order to demonstrate that this is the only purpose, the most noble and beautiful must be chosen; above all, man, the fulfillment of the earth. Human sacrifices are the most natural sacrifices. Man, however, is more than the fulfillment of the earth; he is reasonable, and reason is free and nothing but an eternal self-determination toward the infinite. Thus man can sacrifice only himself, and that is what he does in the omnipresent sanctissimum of which the masses are not aware. All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods. The meaning of divine creation is primarily revealed in the enthusiasm of annihilation. Only in the throes of death is the spark of eternal life ignited."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"A genuinely free and educated man should be able to tune himself, as one tunes a musical instrument, absolutely arbitrarily, at his convenienc..."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"Almost all marriages are only concubinages, liaisons, or rather provisional attempts, remote approximations of real marriage. The true nature ..."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"It is a thoughtless and immodest presumption to learn anything about art from philosophy. Some do begin as if they hoped to learn something ne..."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"One mentions many artists who are actually art works of nature."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"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 ..."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"The highest good and solely useful is liberal education."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel
"Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten..."
by Friedrich Von Schlegel


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