“Only if the sublime is married to the beautiful and our sensitivity to both has been shaped in equal measure, are we complete citizens of nature, without on that account being its slaves, and without squandering our citizenship in the intelligible world.”
About This Quote
(NA XX, 53/E 84) “On the Art of Tragedy” [“Über die tragische Kunst”], published in 1792
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“The universe is a thought of God.”
“The most pious man can't stay in peace If it doesn't please his evil neighbor.”
“You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.”
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