The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.