One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.


Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum (1798), Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) #54 - Athenäum (1798 - 1800)

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.