Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that … - Novalis

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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

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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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Man has ever expressed some symbolical Philosophy of his Being in his Works and Conduct; he announces himself and his Gospel of Nature; he is the Messiah of Nature.

The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.

Il senso per la poesia ha molto in comune col senso per il misticismo [...]. Rappresenta l'irrappresentabile, vede l'invisibile, sente il non sensibile.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. - Novalis

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