Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes


When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.


Citations

Schlegel, Friedrich. Philosophical Fragments. Translated by Peter Firchow, University of Minnesota Press, 1991.

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
  • Born: March 10, 1772
  • Died: January 12, 1829
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Poet

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figures of Jena Romanticism.