You Wanted To Destroy Philosophy And Poetry

Where Philosophy Ends, Poetry Must Commence. There Should Not Be A Common Point Of View, A Natural Manner Of Thinking Which Standsin Contrast To Art And Liberal Education, Or Mere Living; That Is, One Should Not Conceive Of A Realm Of Crudeness Beyond The Boundaries Of Education. Every Conscious Link Of An Organism Should Not Perceive Its Limits Without A Feeling For Its Unity In Relation To The Whole. For Example, Philosophy Should Not Only Be Contrasted To Non-philosophy, But Also To Poetry.

To Disrespect The Masses Is Moral; To Honor Them, Lawful.

Whoever Could Properly Characterize Goethe's Meister Would Have Actually Expressed What Is The Timely Trend In Literature. He Would Be Able, As Far As Literary Criticism Is Concerned, To Rest.

The Highest Good And Solely Useful Is Liberal Education.

The Most Important Thing In Love Is The Sense For One Another, And The Highest Thing The Faith In One Another. Devotion Is The Expression Of That Faith, And Pleasure Can Revive And Enhance That Sense, Even If Not Create It, As Is Commonly Thought. Therefore, Sensuality Can Delude Bad Persons For A Short Time Into Thinking They Could Love Each Other.