Goethe and the Twentieth Century (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Goethe and the Twentieth CenturyMoreover, in the case of a poet like Goethe this necessity of independent judgment is peculiarly urgent. For Goethe has passed so completely into the ¿esh and blood of the modern German that the latter's attitude to him is difficult for us to com prehend unless we possess a rare familiarity with contemporary modes of German thought. The intellectual fabric of modern Germany is built on and round Goethe it cannot dissociate itself from Goethe, Goethe has defined its horizons. We anglo-saxons, on the other hand, are, in respect of Goethe, the merest outsiders at the best, he was for a time to us an object of intellectual curiosity, but he has never been a real force in our intellectual life and knowledge of his life and thought has at no time been accounted with us more than a luxury for the literary student or the philosopher.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.