God the father, and even more often the devil himself, appears at times in the place of fate in the modern tragedy. Why is it thatthis has not induced any scholar to develop a theory of the diabolical genre?

In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.

Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.

About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.