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Friedrich Schleiermacher Quotes

Friedrich Schleiermacher quotes

Deutsch Theologian November 21, 1768 – February 12, 1834

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Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs. Friedrich Schleiermacher
Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this antithesis, is the same as that which in ethics exists between good and pleasure or feeling. Friedrich Schleiermacher
For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally. Friedrich Schleiermacher
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher quote: "No God without a world, and no world without God."
No God without a world, and no world without God. Friedrich Schleiermacher
My heart is properly cultivated ... and is not left to wither under the burden of cold erudition, and my religious feelings are not deadened by theological inquiries. Friedrich Schleiermacher
And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from its greatest object, the state, to its least, the embellishment of sensuous existence. Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher quote: "The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute..."
The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence. Friedrich Schleiermacher
If we look into the matter of how Christian theology rose in the beginning, the Christian Church was always already earlier, and thus even now for each individual the Christian Church is earlier than theology. Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher quote: "Like Chaos, before the world was created"
Like Chaos, before the world was created Friedrich Schleiermacher

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