Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.


Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum, Aphorism 365 (p. 147), The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. 1968

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.