In most religious systems we are regarded as parts of the g… - Novalis

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In most religious systems we are regarded as parts of the godhead which, if they do not obey the impulses of the whole, and even if they do not intentionally act against the laws of the whole, but only go their own way and do not want to be parts of it, are medically treated by the godhead — and either endure a painful cure or even are cut off.

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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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