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Ideas of Novalis, by Text
[German, 1772 - 1801, aka Friedrich von Hardenberg. Poet, story writer, philosopher, mining engineer.]
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1798
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Logological Fragments I
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01
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p.47
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19579
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The history of philosophy is just experiments in how to do philosophy
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02
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p.47
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19580
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If the pupil really yearns for the truth, they only need a hint
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04
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p.48
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19581
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A problem is a solid mass, which the mind must break up
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21
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p.53
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19582
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Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent
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79
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p.64
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19583
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Philosophy only begins when it studies itself
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84
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p.65
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19584
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Whoever first counted to two must have seen the possibility of infinite counting
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91
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p.65
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19585
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Every person has his own language
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1798
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Logological Fragments II
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09
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p.68
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19586
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Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox
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19
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p.73
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19587
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Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system
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31
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p.77
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19588
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The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity
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38
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p.162
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19597
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Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics
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39
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p.162
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19598
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Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete
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1798
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Miscellaneous Observations
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008
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p.24
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19571
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Delusion and truth differ in their life functions
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010
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p.24
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19572
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Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience
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020
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p.26
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19573
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The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate
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038
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p.29
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19574
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If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions
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072
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p.34
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19575
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Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals
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073
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p.35
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19576
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Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead
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094
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p.40
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19577
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Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance
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101
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p.41
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19578
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Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful
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33
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p.107
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19590
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Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate
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1798
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Fath and Love, or the King and Queen
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18
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p.88
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19589
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The whole point of a monarch is that we accept them as a higher-born, ideal person
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33
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p.131
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19591
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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect
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10
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p.154
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19592
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The basic relations of nature are musical
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15
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p.155
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19593
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Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history
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17
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p.156
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19594
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General statements about nature are not valid
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18
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p.157
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19595
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Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood
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20
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p.157
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19596
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The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts
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