Friedrich Schlegel
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar. He was the younger brother of August Wilhelm Schlegel.
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- Der Historiker ist ein rückwärtsgekehrter Prophet.
- Translation: The historian is a reversed prophet.
- Source: Athenäum, I, 2, 20: Fragmente
- Der Satan der italienischen und englischen Dichter mag poetischer sein; aber der deutsche Satan ist satanischer; und insofern könnte man sagen, der Satan sei eine deutsche Erfindung.
- Translation: The Satan of the Italian and English poets may be poetic; but the German Satan is satanic; and thus one could say that Satan is a German invention.
- Source: Athenäumsfragmente 379
- Note: The Italian poet may refer to Dante, the English poet John Milton.
- Die romantische Poesie ist eine progressive Universalpoesie.
- Translation: The romantic poetry is a progressive universal poetry.
- Source: Progressive Universalpoesie, 1798
- Note: In the German language, particular at the Romantic school, "Poesie" means both poetry as genre and faculty and source of creativity to form poetry.
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- Es ist gleich tödlich für den Geist, ein System zu haben, und keins zu haben.
- Translation: It is equally fatal for the spirit, to have a system and not to have.
- Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
