The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life, and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.[Paradoxen er det intellectuelle Livs egentlige Pathos, og ligesom kun store Sjæle ere udsatte for Lidenskaber, saaledes er kun store Tænkere udsatte for hvad jeg kalder Paradoxer, hvilke ikke ere andet end ufuldbaarne grandieuse Tanker.]
Source:The Journals (April 22, 1838) (Journal FF:152, 1838)
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