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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Novalis
Born: May 2, 1772
Died: March 25, 1801 (aged 28)
Bio: Novalis was the pseudonym and pen name of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, a poet, author, mystic, and philosopher of Early German Romanticism.
Known for:
- Hymner til natten (1800)
- Novalis: Philosophical Writings
- The Novices of Sais
- Henry Von Ofterdingen: A Novel
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