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1 day ago · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century ...
Sep 6, 2024 · Last Updated September 6, 2024. Graciela Daniele transformed Chronicle of a Death Foretold into a Broadway musical, which was showcased at the Plymouth Theater in New York City in July 1995 ...
Sep 13, 2024 · The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories. The date and authorship of its stories are uncertain. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have become part of Western folklore.
4 days ago · Byung-Chul Han makes the case for the contemplative life. At the end of his recent book, Non-Things: Upheaval in the Life-World, Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han tells the story of buying a vintage jukebox after he crashed his bicycle in front of the Berlin shop where it was being sold. He took it home to “a flat that contained only ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Die and become something! Wilson’s Goethe is a serious work in an increasingly trivial time, a book that sheds light – mehr Licht! – as the age darkens. For that much, and for the so much more that it offers, it is to be treasured. Goethe’s Faustian Life. AN Wilson. Bloomsbury Continuum, 416pp, £25.
3 days ago · Plot. [edit] On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, George Bailey contemplates suicide. The prayers of his family and friends reach Heaven, where guardian angel second class Clarence Odbody is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings. Clarence is shown flashbacks of George's life.
1 day ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche[ii] (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. [14] He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the Chair of Classical ...
