Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel - Man Quotes

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At the words "his philosophy, my philosophy," one is always reminded of that line in Nathan: … "What kind of God is it who belongs to a man?"

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Only a man who is at one with the world can be at one with himself.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Thou shalt not make unto thee any ideal, neither of an angel in heaven, nor of a hero in a poem or novel, nor one that is dreamed up or imagined: rather shalt thou love a man as he is.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

It is individuality which is the original and eternal within man; personality doesn't matter so much. To pursue the education and development of this individuality as one's highest vocation would be a divine egoism.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel