Since Philosophy Now Criticizes Everything It Comes

Religion Can Emerge In All Forms Of Feeling: Here Wild Anger, There The Sweetest Pain; Here Consuming Hatred, There The Childlike Smile Of Serene Humility.

There Are Writers In Germany Who Drink The Absolute Like Water; And There Are Books In Which Even The Dogs Make References To The Infinite.

Novels Are The Socratic Dialogues Of Our Time. Practical Wisdom Fled From School Wisdom Into This Liberal Form.

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.

As The Ancient Commander Addressed His Soldiers Before Battle, So Should The Moralist Speak To Men In The Struggle Of The Era.