Friedrich Schelling Quote

Nature is not an inert mass; and to him who can comprehend her vast sublimity, she reveals herself as the creative force of the universe - before all time, eternal, ever active, she calls to life all things, whether perishable or imperishable.


In: Alexander von Humboldt, Cosmos (Volume 1), Introduction (p. 36)


Nature is not an inert mass; and to him who can comprehend her vast sublimity, she reveals herself as the creative force of the universe - before all ...

Nature is not an inert mass; and to him who can comprehend her vast sublimity, she reveals herself as the creative force of the universe - before all ...

Nature is not an inert mass; and to him who can comprehend her vast sublimity, she reveals herself as the creative force of the universe - before all ...

Nature is not an inert mass; and to him who can comprehend her vast sublimity, she reveals herself as the creative force of the universe - before all ...