Title: Nietzsche and Goethe as aphorists
Product review: Goethe is solid and sane, often commonplace and down- to- earth. His wisdom does not strike you suddenly like Kafka's definition of poetry an axe breaking through the frozen sea- within. Nietzsche one of the greatest of aphorists surprises, outrages, shocks and wakens you. His aphorisms are read and reread whereas Goethe's maxims are a minor part of his oeuvre. Perhaps this says something about the very nature of the ' aphorism' about the need for to strike us with a force calm serene Olympian Goethe- like wisdom lacks.
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