Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.


Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum (1798), Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) #96 - Athenäum (1798 - 1800)

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.