To live classically and to realize antiquity practically wi… - Friedrich Schlegel

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To live classically and to realize antiquity practically within oneself is the summit and goal of philology.

Friedrich Schlegel

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (10 March 1772 - 12 January 1829), usually referred to as Friedrich Schlegel, was a German poet, critic and scholar. He was the younger brother of August Wilhelm Schlegel.

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Alternative Names: Karl Friedrich von Schlegel • Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel • Friedrich von Schlegel • Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von Schlegel • Karl Wilhelm Friedrich

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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.

Jeder ungebildete Mensch ist die Karikatur von sich selbst.

Romantic poetry … recognizes as its first commandment that the will of the poet can tolerate no law above itself.

To live classically and to realize antiquity practically within oneself is the summit and goal of philology. - Friedrich Schlegel

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