In mysticism, everything is thrown at us directly, without … - Constantin Brunner

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In mysticism, everything is thrown at us directly, without discursiveness and ratiocination, as if it were a matter of course, and we are challenged to follow an unrestrainable will to love, arising out of a tremendously agitated, indiscriminate feeling. … Mystics will—rather than know—their thoughts. … Mysticism witnesses nothing but love; mysticism is nothing but love. … Art shows how it loves, philosophy what it loves; mysticism knows only that it loves.

Constantin Brunner

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Constantin Brunner (27 August 1862 – 1937) was the pen-name of the German Jewish philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer.

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Alternative Names: Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer • Leo Wertheimer • Leopold Wertheimer

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