Man Is Free Whenever He Produces Or

The Few Existing Writings Against Kantian Philosophy Are The Most Important Documents In The Case History Of Sound Common Sense.

A Good Preface Must Be The Root And The Square Of The Book At The Same Time.

It Is A Thoughtless And Immodest Presumption To Learn Anything About Art From Philosophy. Some Do Begin As If They Hoped To Learnsomething New Here, Since Philosophy Cannot And Should Not Do Anything Further Than Develop The Given Art Experiences And The Existing Art Concepts Into A Science, Improve The Views Of Art, And Promote Them With The Help Of A Thoroughly Scholarly Art History, And Produce That Logical Mood About These Subjects Too Which Unites Absolute Liberalism With Absolute Rigor.

From What The Moderns Want, We Must Learn What Poetry Should Become; From What The Ancients Did, What Poetry Must Be.

Nothing Truly Convincing - Which Would Possess Thoroughness, Vigor, And Skill - Has Been Written Against The Ancients As Yet; Especially Not Against Their Poetry.