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    you do everything better than negative thinking.” - Zig Ziglar “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence‚ therefore‚ is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “You gain strength‚ courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence

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    Modern Prometheus. However‚ in this case‚ literature contributed to the decadence of the Monster‚ who‚ in a volatile and impressionable state‚ read Paradise Lost by John Milton‚ Plutarch’s Lives by Plutarch‚ The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‚ and

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    Truth and Lies

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    Truth and Lies There are different types of lies. Distorted views and fabricated truths are two of them. Misunderstanding‚ on the other hand‚ is not a lie. Misunderstanding is a when we fail to understand something correctly and accurately. This happens a lot in our daily lives. A lot of conflicts and hard feelings are caused by this mistake. In order to avoid it‚ we should be more careful about the way we express our opinions and feelings. Simultaneously‚ we should listen to what people

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    and songs. The name Mephistopheles came from Hebrew‚ where Mephitz means “destroyer” and tophel means “liar” (Etymonline). Others believe Mephistopheles may also mean “he who shuns the light” (White Roses Garden). The Legend of Faust by Johann Wolfgang van Goethe‚ written in 1773‚ introduces the character of Mephistopheles (Donald Tyson). Mephistopheles is a shape shifter who can shape into many forms‚ and his main purpose in the legend is to destroy and tempt Faust (White Roses Garden). Basically

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    Ian Jones March 16‚ 2013 European Literature Influence of Imagination The power of imagination is one that can dramatically affect the lives of human beings. Sometimes the story portrayed in a novel causes the readers mind to wander off‚ away from the text‚ into a world different from reality. In this domain‚ the reader is able to escape their present problems and find some sort of comfort. With a positive imagination one is able to control their own destiny. Looking for the hidden answer

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    Many various significant German personalities reached a high prestige in certain sections of Germany’s culture. To name some of these‚ I can name Albrecht Duerer as one of the greatest painters of Germans history‚ or the great literati Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. Even if you should not adorn yourself with borrowed plumes you can be at least proud for these persons who were Germans. Politics and culture influenced the identity of the Germans and their sense of human being

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    Romaticism

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    parallel between the moral and the aesthetic criteria: Just as there is a faculty which apprehends beauty in the sphere of art‚ so there is the sphere of ethics a faculty which determines the value of action Moral sense/Conscience 2. Johann Gottfried von Herder Organic View of History Thoughts: Embodied in “Outline of Philosophical History of Humanity” The philosophy stresses the “one must go into the age‚ into the region‚ into the whole history‚ and feel ones way into everything.

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    Sorrows of Young Werther

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    References: 1. Durkheim‚ Emile. Suicide: A Sociological Approach. Trans. John A. Spaulding. New York: Free‚ 1951. 2. GoetheJohann Wolfgang von. The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings. Trans. Catherine Hutter. New York: Signet‚ 1962.

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    give general information about the author‚ Wolfgang von Goethe‚ and introduce as well as analyze the main character of one of his most influential works: The Sorrows of Young Werther. The protagonist of this series of confessional letters‚ Werther‚ is in fact a tragic figure who committed suicide as a result of his loneliness and critical approach to society‚ as well as his obsession for a woman‚ Lotte‚ whom he could not eventually conquest. Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet‚ as well as dramatist

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    Remember: To Live! The Philosophy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Delivered at the Washington‚ D.C. Spinoza Society‚ Goethe-Institut Written by Daniel Spiro I. Introduction “The great Goethe.” Those words roll off the tongue‚ and not merely because of the alliteration. Words like “great” and “genius” could aptly be used for but a select number of artists – for Michelangelo‚ say‚ or Shakespeare. In the Un ited States‚ the works of those artists have been incorporated into popular culture

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