Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote

It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.


As quoted in Divine Madness : On Interpreting Literature, Music, and The Visual Arts Ironically (2002) by Lars Elleström, p. 50


It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.

It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.

It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.

It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.