It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this individuality as one's highest vocation would be a divine egoism.


“Selected Ideas (1799-1800)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) # 60

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this ...

It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this ...

It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this ...

It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this ...