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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlege

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

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Schlegel is saying that religion is concerned with what is considered divine or related to gods, while morality deals with human behavior and ethics. The key point is that this separation only makes sense if we understand the divine and human categories in the right way.

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