Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
country police monsters
Either the USSR was not the country of socialism, in which case socialism didn't exist anywhere and doubtless, wasn't possible: or else, socialism was that, this abominable monster, this police state, the power of beasts of prey
subjectivity humans universe
Il n'y a pas d'autre univers qu'un univers humain, l'univers de la subjectivite humaine. There is no other universe except the human universe, the universe of human subjectivity.
powerful inspire powerful-god
All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?
kings men soul
Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men and to them alone to let him flee or to destroy him.
love-is overcoming spite
To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love.
heart kissing blow
To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow But to whomever gives when you are unable to return Offer all the hatred in your heart For you were slaves and he enslaves you
commitment perspective worry
He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.
essence existence
Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.
men individuality wish
We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.
ideas giving photograph
Photographs are not ideas. They give us ideas.
everyday mind ugly
For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.
attitude philosophy views
Philosophy appears to some people as a homogenous milieu: there thoughts are born and die, there systems are built, and there, in turn, they collapse. Others take Philosophy for a specific attitude which we can freely adopt at will. Still others see it as a determined segment of culture. In our view Philosophy does not exist.
men projects
Man is the being whose project it is to be God.
dog moving men
For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.