Goethe and the Modern Age: The International Convocation at Aspen, Colorado, 1949Arnold Bergsträsser Regnery, 1950 - 402 pages |
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... knowledge is not immediate , in the strict sense of the term ; for the cognizer has to depend here on the evidence of the sense organs , which are very often misleading . Self - knowledge is the only norm of certitude . On account of ...
... knowledge is not immediate , in the strict sense of the term ; for the cognizer has to depend here on the evidence of the sense organs , which are very often misleading . Self - knowledge is the only norm of certitude . On account of ...
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... knowledge ; for he stood on the brink of an era of rapidly expanding knowledge which has made forever impossible the universality and sympathy which distinguished him . ” If this is correct , then Goethe is nothing but a monument of a ...
... knowledge ; for he stood on the brink of an era of rapidly expanding knowledge which has made forever impossible the universality and sympathy which distinguished him . ” If this is correct , then Goethe is nothing but a monument of a ...
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... knowledge and barbarians with it , and that the difference between the two is that the barbarian with knowledge is far more dangerous than the barbarian without it . But certainly the most unexpected characteristic of our time is the ...
... knowledge and barbarians with it , and that the difference between the two is that the barbarian with knowledge is far more dangerous than the barbarian without it . But certainly the most unexpected characteristic of our time is the ...
Contents
The Message of Goethe GIUSEPPE A BORGESE | 3 |
Goethethe Man and the Myth BARKER FAIRLEY | 23 |
Goethe and Antiquity KARL REINHARDT | 38 |
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