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Johann Von Goethe

28-Aug-1749

Germany

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an important figure in the list of German authors and polymaths. He is considered to be the highest figure of modern German literature. His literary works include epic and lyric poems that he wrote in various styles, dramas of various genres and his autobiography. He has also contributed to botany and anatomy. Though firm, and a devout Christian, he strongly opposed many Christian doctrines and claimed that there were many differences between the Christian teaching and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Goethe is also very involved in politics. During the French Revolution, he felt that people's zeal was nothing more than a resistance to their power and he refused to accept that humans had the power to govern themselves. He never wrote patriotic poems despite being asked to do so many times. He felt that doing so would only perpetuate hatred between the Germans and the French, and he did not hate the French. Many well-known philosophers such as Friedrich Hegel, Carl Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein were inspired by Goethe's works.

QUOTES BY Johann Von Goethe

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. Johann