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Topic: Goethe

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  Goethe Institut    Goethe Institute  
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe    Goethe's Faust  

 
 
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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Johannes Gutenberg,  Helmut Kohl
Intelligence:Genius
Favorite book(s):"Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler
Favorite food(s):Cornflakes
Favorite composer(s):Wolfgang Mozart,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Richard Wagner
Interest(s):German,  French
Favorite royal(s):Catherina the Great
Favorite destination(s):Germany
Listens to:Classical
Favorite philosopher(s):Hegel,  Immanuel Kant
Favorite political figure(s):Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
Favorite quote(s):"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
 
 
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

During the course of this work, Steiner realized that Goethe's views of nature depended upon a philosophical position quite different from that of main stream science, and one which Goethe himself had never articulated.
Study of Goethe's color theory, selections from Rudolf Steiner's lectures on art and color, and works by the Great Masters establish a wide perspective from which to experience the art of painting.
Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

Included is an extensive commentary by Adam McLean which, while preserving the work's sense of mystery, shows how Goethe's fairy tale is also a profound Hermetic allegory.
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

There is a magnificent stage and auditorium, where the Mystery Plays are given regularly as well as Goethe's Faust in full, other plays and concerts, and frequent performances of eurythmy.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

This was not Goethe's Faust, but the Faust of the ancient, traditional tale, not a drama summing up the entire philosophy of a great poet and a bit more, but rather a scream to heaven for redemption from the torment and fear of the worldly life, emerging directly from the deepest depth of the people's soul.
Goethe's remarkable life, which often carried him through literary genres corresponding to historical epochs (the epic, the epode, the folktale, the confession, and so on) seems to trace the maturing of humanity as well as that of one author.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Fundamental to Goethe's approach to science was his insistence that the scientist is not a passive observer of an external universe, but rather engaged in a reciprocal, participatory relationship with nature, and hence the observer is able to interact with the observed.
In this course we will use Goethe's phenomenon-based method of scientific observation to explore both of these theories with particular emphasis on the color theory of Rudolf Steiner.
Goethe's way of science is highly unusual because it seeks to draw together the intuitive awareness of art with the rigorous observation and thinking of science.
Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

Mephisto ist in Goethes Drama ein viel tieferer Charakter, als es ihm fr her m glich war, und auch Gott wird auf eine ausf hrlichere Weise dargestellt.
Cautious Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe does not have much confidence in the Swiss hotel industry.
Mark Harris,
Priest

In Goethe's epic, it is clear Mephistopheles, or Satan, is meant to test men, either proving that they are unworthy of Heaven or that they are indeed faithful to G-d and Truth.
 
 
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