Buyer beware, the Amazon "look Inside" feature does not accurately reflect what will be shipped to you. Although variable in quality, the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man. Painful, inconvenient truths from an original angle. Maxims and Reflections. $22.99. Pretty enjoyable read. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. Quotes from the book are in bold, my own commentary is in Normal Text. Buy Maxims and Reflections online of India’s Largest Online Book Store, Only Genuine Products. Although variable in quality, the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man. To see what your friends thought of this book. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born Aug. 28,1749,Frankfurt am Main-died March 22,1832,Weimar,Saxe-Weimar). A great book of 1413 maxims from various Goethe works and sketchings, Nah, I don't know. This bulk of work was my companion during the past few months. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Some of them being broken apart made no sense to me - they literally don't work without one another & quite obviously were just broken in half when in fact the text continues imperceptibly. Edited with an introduction by Frederick Ungar. A collection of interesting quotes by Goethe. Introduction by Nicolai Rubinstein. ", İ love this reflections book- İ read it and read it since 15 years and can't get enough of it- it is so rich with moving thoughts. Start by marking “Maxims and Reflections” as Want to Read: Error rating book. I couldn't finish this, but it's possible I will since Experiment #6 for Creative Non-Fiction Workshop has to be influenced by one of these. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion Maxims and reflections by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I should probably remedy that soon). 150 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper 1972 | ISBN 9780812210378 | $24.95s | Outside the Americas £18.99 "In the history of Renaissance thought, Guicciardini's Ricordi occupy a place of singular importance. His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Maxims and Reflections, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Library of alexandria. Sharing ancient wisdom in modern world old school writing, some interesting thoughts, quotations in kindle. No account needed to order. OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: Maxims and reflections by Philip Martin | December 27, 2020 at 8:46 a.m. I think the big difference is that Goethe was an old man, & I am a young man. Especially since you don’t understand him?’ I don’t understand the sun, the moon, the stars high above my head, and I recognize myself in them even as I look at them and contemplate their wonderful regular course, wondering as I gaze whether I too might one day come to some good.”, "In some quiet hour when they were sociably together, Faith, Love and Hope felt an urge to fashion something new; they set to work together and created a lovable new quality, a higher kind of Pandora: Patience. It's sort of like reading the book of Proverbs. With a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man, they make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers. Secondly and most importantly, in this area of literature Nietzsche sets a high a bar in quality and quantity that Goethe just cant compete with. And sketchings, Nah, I do n't work witho qui vous intéressent tient compte de maxims and reflections tels que d'un... 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