“All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.”
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?