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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlege

If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel suggests that a family reveals the complete nature of humanity because its members share thoughts and feelings so closely that their minds merge naturally. This deep connection and unity within a family create a harmonious and expressive whole, which he compares to poetry.

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