Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. Use this quote
God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals? Use this quote
Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy? Use this quote
Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry. Use this quote
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. Use this quote
The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry? Use this quote
Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine. Use this quote
One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Use this quote
From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be. Use this quote
He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion. Use this quote
