Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes


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.


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.