“The reason passes, like the heart, through certain epochs and transitions, but its development is not so often portrayed.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Prefatory Remarks
The Philosophical Letters
Context: The reason passes, like the heart, through certain epochs and transitions, but its development is not so often portrayed. Men seem to have been satisfied with unfolding the passions in their extremes, their aberration, and their results, without considering how closely they are bound up with the intellectual constitution of the individual.

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German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 1759–1805

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