Quotation by

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlege

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.

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People who have a deep religious feeling naturally express themselves through poetry. However, philosophy serves as the method or instrument to explore and understand the nature of that religious feeling.

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