Friedrich Schleiermacher - The first, that the...

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.

Friedrich Schleiermacher

German Theologian

Born: Nov 21, 1768

Died: Feb 12, 1834

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Art, Good, Mistake, Confusion, First, Pleasant, Possession, Entirely, Properly, Involved, So-Called, Speaking, Second, Profound

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