1) Creo que Nicolás Gómez D., mi profesor de filosofía, quiere afirmar que, en verdad, parece que Eclesiastés y de La Bruyère ya lo dijeron todo. Quizás eso es verdad.
2) Este mismo profesor que descubrí a los dieciséis años parece encontrar supremo pragmatismo en Goethe. Quizás eso es verdad también.
3) Goethe:
En From the Periodical Issues on Morphology:
"When we look back on our life we really only see it as something piecemeal, because our omissions and failures always surface first in our mind and dominate our actions and achievements" (p. 50).
En From Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years:
"Just as incense refreshes the life of an ember, so prayer refreshes the hopes of the heart" (p. 90).
En Posthumous:
"You only know those who cause you suffering" (p. 113).
"For surely everyone only hears what he understands" (p. 117).
"When we find something known to us explained via a different method, or possibly even in a foreign language, it takes on a curious charm of novelty and a fresh look" (p. 160).
"If people knew where what they are looking for is situated, they wouldn't be looking for it at all" (p. 167).
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* Hutchinson, P. (Ed.). (1998). Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Maxims and Reflections. Penguin.
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