No Idea Is Isolated, But Is Only

If The Essence Of Cynicism Consists In Preferring Nature To Art, Virtue To Beauty And Science; In Not Bothering About The Letter Of Things -- To Which The Stoic Strictly Adheres -- But In Looking Up To The Spirit Of Things; In Absolute Contempt Of All Economic Values And Political Splendor, And In Courageous Defence Of The Rights Of Independent Freedom; Then Christianity Would Be Nothing But Universal Cynicism.

The French Revolution, Fichte's Theory Of Knowledge, And Goethe's Wilhelm Meister Are The Three Greatest Tendencies Of The Age. Whoever Takes Offence At This Combination, And Whoever Does Not Consider A Revolution Important Unless It Is Blatant And Palpable, Has Not Yet Risen To The Lofty And Broad Vantage Point Of The History Of Mankind.

How Many Authors Are There Among Writers? Author Means Originator.

Just As The Romans Were The Only Nation That Was Truly A Nation, So Our Age Is The First Genuine Age.

Many A Witty Inspiration Is Like The Surprising Reunion Of Befriended Thoughts After A Long Separation.