It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to … - Friedrich Schlegel

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It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two.

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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Nur wer einig ist mit der Welt kann einig seyn mit sich selbst.

Der Satan der italienischen und englischen Dichter mag poetischer sein; aber der deutsche Satan ist satanischer; und insofern könnte man sagen, der Satan sei eine deutsche Erfindung.

Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

It is equally fatal for the spirit to have a system and to have none. One must thus decide to join the two. - Friedrich Schlegel

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