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CONVERSATIONS WITH GOETHE - JOHANN P ECKERMANN ...

A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe  in a new translation for the first time in 150
years A Penguin Classic  By the end of the nineteenth century  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was
the world's most celebrated poet  novelist  critic and thinker. Today his name is echoed as
that of a "great man" alongside Plato  Montaigne and Shakespeare. This book covers the last
nine years of his life  partially spent having conversations with the young Johann Eckermann 
who was thirty-one to Goethe's seventy-four  and who dedicated this time to recording Goethe's
thoughts  ideas  observations and witticisms. The result is Conversations with Goethe  the most
direct glimpse into the Great Man's mind  revealing a gentler  more human side to him  as well
as his thoughts on art  science  poetry  philosophy and the minutiae of life. Conversations of
Goethe is an incredibly important and enjoyable document of "the last universal genius of the
West." It is often compared to Boswell's Life of Johnson for its enjoyability and importance.

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