Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben Quotes

Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben , was an Austrian physician, poet and philosopher.

✵ 29. April 1806 – 3. September 1849   •   Other names Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben
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Famous Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben Quotes

“Those views of life which deify pleasure are less likely to yield it.”

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

“You must master an object before you attempt to despise it.”

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben Quotes

“It is not enough to contemplate ourselves objectively; we must also treat ourselves objectively.”

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

“True philosophy is a living wisdom, for which there is no death.”

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

“The greatest treasure that God can give his creatures is and ever will be—genuine existence.”

If these words of Herder be true, cultivation is the key to the most precious of treasures; for as Nature has insured the permanence of existence by implanting in us a force of resistance and self-renovation, so may we, on our side, increase the force of these attributes by self-acquired powers of mind.
p 75 1852 translation
The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

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