Reason Is Mechanical, Wit Chemical,

The Subject Of History Is The Gradual Realization Of All That Is Practically Necessary.

One Of Two Things Is Usually Lacking In The So-called Philosophy Of Art: Either Philosophy Or Art.

One Should Have Wit, But Not Wish To Have It; Otherwise There Will Be Witticism, The Alexandrian Style Of Wit.

Duty Is For Kant The One And All. Out Of The Duty Of Gratitude, He Claims, One Has To Defend And Esteem The Ancients; And Only Out Of Duty Has He Become A Great Man.

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.