All The Classical Genres Are Now Ridiculous

Every Form Of Life Is In Its Origin Not Natural, But Divine And Human; For It Must Spring From Love, Just As There Can Be No Reason Without Spirit.

Novels Are The Socratic Dialogues Of Our Time. Practical Wisdom Fled From School Wisdom Into This Liberal Form.

Is It Not Superfluous To Write More Than One Novel If The Writer Has Not Become, Say, A New Man? Obviously, All The Novels Of An Author Not Infrequently Belong Together And Are To A Certain Degree Only One Novel.

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.

Considered Subjectively, Philosophy Always Begins In The Middle, Like An Epic Poem.