Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.
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How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.
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God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.
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