Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.


Novalis: Philosophical Writings (ed. SUNY Press, 1997) - ISBN: 9780791432716

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Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of...

Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of...

Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of...

Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of...