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"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

Aphorisms, Philosophy

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"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."

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"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."

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"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

"What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men."

"Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin."

"Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos."

"A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it."

"An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog."

"Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem."

"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."

"The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion."

"There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age."

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