Engraving by Enea Vico
I can easily think of the devil, the true reversed world of the divine world, the great world-shadow which marks off the counters of the light body, as the greatest humorist and "whimsical man!" But as the arabesque of an arabesque, he would be far too unaesthetic; his laugh would have too much pain; it would be like the colorful flowery garment of the - guillotined.
Jean Paul, Vorschule der Aesthetik 1804