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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ..., born Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749-22 March 1832) was a German polymath: he was a painter, novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar. ..." |
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| 28 Aug 1749, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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| 22 Mar 1832, in Weimar, Germany |
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Goethe on National Greatness, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Free Market, Oct 1999
Related Topics: Democracy, Germany
"In his political outlook, he was also a thorough-going classical liberal, arguing that free trade and free cultural exchange are the keys to authentic national and international integration. He argued and fought against the expansion, centralization, and unification of government on grounds that these trends can only hinder prosperity and true cultural development." |
The Politics of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 30 Dec 1999
Related Topic: Europe
Revised version of Prof. Hoppe's Oct 1999 The Free Market article
"Because of his relevance to the ongoing construction of Europe, I'd like to nominate Goethe as the European of the millennium. ... To this day, he defines the meaning of genius, with a life oeuvre encompassing more than 60 volumes, including ... his master-piece Faust ... Goethe recognized that the genius of the people lay with the people, and not with the bureaucrats." |
The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character", by Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government, 1944
Related Topics: Self-Esteem
"... they omitted to mention that the character into whose mouth these words are put, Euphorion, is a counterpart of Lord Byron, whom Goethe admired more than any other contemporary poet (except for Schiller), although Byron's romanticism did not appeal to his own classicism. These verses do not at all express Goethe's own tenets." |
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