Rilke said so.

Author: Lin Yu (Compiler)
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Publish Date: March 1, 1993
Features: Rilke is a poet, not a philosopher. However, it is not only philosophers who understand philosophy. If we consider those who create terror, "philosophy" is merely a tool for more profound and pure reflection on the question of "humanity," with a purity of expression far exceeding what a poet can achieve. From the perspective of a biographer, even a literary youth free of distractions cannot help but admire the purification of philosophy. The "Quotations from Rilke" in your hands, in nature, consists of more letters than poems, as Rilke indeed wrote a great many letters. Rilke wanted to convey that, although he himself was at his wit's end, many people still wrote to him seeking his encouragement. Therefore, he had to share his own experiences, telling them about the lonely, perfunctory, hypocritical, or bureaucratic letters he had written.