One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
Without poetry, religion becomes obscure, false, and malignant—without philosophy, licentious in all wantonness, and lascivious to the point of self-castration.
You wanted to destroy philosophy and poetry in order to make room for religion and morality which you misunderstood: but you were able to destroy only yourself.
Friedrich Schlegel
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