''Certain books seem to have been written not for the purpose that we learn something from them but that we know that the author was a knowledgeable person.''All quotations
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called one of the greatest dramatic works of modern European literature. His other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; this movement coincides with Enlightenment, Sentimentalism (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours, his influential ideas on plant and animal morphology and homology were extended and developed by 19th century naturalists including Charles Darwin. He also served at length as the Privy Councilor of the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
In politics Goethe was conservative. At the time of the French Revolution, he thought the enthusiasm of the students and professors to be a perversion of their energy and remained skeptical of the ability of the masses to govern.Likewise, he "did not oppose the War of Liberation waged by the German states against Napoleon, but remained aloof from the patriotic efforts to unite the various parts of Germany into one nation; he advocated instead the maintenance of small principalities ruled by benevolent despots."
Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a major source of inspiration in music, drama, poetry and philosophy. Early in his career, however, he wondered whether painting might be his true vocation; late in his life, he expressed the expectation that he would ultimately be remembered above all for his work on color.
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"""Vitabu fulani vinaonekana vimeandikwa si kwa kusudi la kwamba tujifunze kitu kutoka kwao, bali kwamba tunajua kwamba mwandishi alikuwa mtu mwenye ujuzi." """All quotations Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alikuwa mwandishi wa Ujerumani, msanii wa picha, biolojia, mwanafizikia wa nadharia, na polymath. Anaonwa kuwa kipaji kikuu cha fasihi ya kisasa ya Ujerumani. Kazi zake zinatia ndani mashairi, michezo ya kuigiza, mashairi, falsafa, na sayansi. Faust yake imeitwa mojawapo ya kazi kubwa zaidi za kuigiza za fasihi ya kisasa ya Ulaya. "Kama mwandishi wa vitabu, alishiriki katika maandishi ya ""Bildungsroman: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship"" na ""The Sorrows of Young Werther.""" Goethe alikuwa mmoja wa watu mashuhuri wa fasihi ya Ujerumani na harakati ya Weimar Classicism mwishoni mwa karne ya 18 na mapema karne ya 19; harakati hii inalingana na Enlightenment, Sentimentalism (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang na Romanticism. "Mwandishi wa kitabu cha sayansi ""Theory of Colours,"" mawazo yake yenye ushawishi juu ya mimea na wanyama morphology na homology walikuwa kupanuliwa na maendeleo na karne ya 19 naturalists ikiwa ni pamoja na Charles Darwin." Pia alitumikia kwa muda mrefu kama Privy Councillor wa duchy ya Saxe-Weimar. Katika siasa Goethe alikuwa mhifadhi. Wakati wa mapinduzi ya Ufaransa, aliona shauku ya wanafunzi na maprofesa kuwa upotovu wa nguvu zao na alibaki na shaka juu ya uwezo wa watu wa kuongoza.Vivyo hivyo, hakupinga vita vya ukombozi vilivyofanywa na majimbo ya Ujerumani dhidi ya Napoleon, lakini alibaki mbali na juhudi za uzalendo za kuunganisha sehemu mbalimbali za Ujerumani katika taifa moja. Goethe aliamua kuanzisha kazi yake ya kuigiza, na kwa karne kadhaa kazi zake zilikuwa chanzo kikuu cha msukumo katika muziki, mchezo wa kuigiza, ushairi na falsafa. Hata hivyo, mapema katika kazi yake, alijiuliza kama uchoraji ungeweza kuwa wito wake wa kweli; mwishoni mwa maisha yake, alielezea matarajio kwamba hatimaye angekumbukwa zaidi ya yote kwa kazi yake juu ya rangi. Maandishi haya ni msingi wa copyrighted Wikipedia makala; ni kutumika chini ya Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License