Excerpt from Goethes Faust, Vol. 1: Edited With Introduction and Commentary
The present edition of the First Part of Goethe's Faust aims to be a modest contribution on the part of American scholarship to the commemoration of the approaching centenary of the first publication of the drama, one of'the most important events in the history of human civilization. Even before the ap pearence of the completed poem, Schelling, one of the foremost thinkers of the time, had with prophetic vision called it a fountain of youth from which the rejuvenation of life and science was destined to flow. Recognizing the deep philosophical meaning of this characteristic German production, Schelling's re marks ushered in at the same time the so-called phil osophical interpretation of the drama which pre vailed during the subsequent long period of the domination of Hegel's Aest/zetz'cs.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is an ambitious treatise on the Faust myth, and the interpretation it has received in Goethe's Faust. The author proposes that the true origins of the Faust legend can be traced not to the story of a character who sells his soul to the devil, but instead to the much older figure of the magus, who sought to gain forbidden knowledge and supernatural powers through alchemy, magic, and theurgy. The author examines the history and development of this tradition, from its origins in Neo-Platonism and the Cabala to its re-emergence in the Protestant era. The book traces the influence of alchemical and theosophical ideas on the development of Goethe's early work. This book is a major contribution to the study of Faust, and indeed of Goethe, that shatters long-established assumptions about the origins and significance of Goethe's great drama. It will be of great interest to students of Goethe and the history of ideas generally, as well as to those interested in the history of alchemy and theosophy. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333580490_0
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