Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve tha… - Novalis

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Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.

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Philosophical Writings · February 27, 1997 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Baron Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801) was an author, philosopher and poet of early German Romanticism. He is most commonly known by the pseudonym Novalis (denoting a "clearer of new land" — derived from a tradition of his ancestors, who had called themselves de Novali).

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Alternative Names: Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg • Friedrich von Hardenberg

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What is nature? An encyclopedic systematic index or plan of our spirit. Why should we be content with the mere catalogue of our treasures — let us examine them for ourselves — and work with them and use them in diverse ways.

The spirit of Poesy is the morning light, which makes the Statue of Memnon sound.

And now I awaken, for I am both yours and mine.

Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven. - Novalis

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