Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.


Aphorism 26, as translated in Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms (1968), p. 151


Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.