▁aware ▁of ▁H ahn emann ▁and ▁his ▁new ▁approach ▁to ▁disease , ▁and ▁was ▁treated ▁using ▁H ahn emann ' s ▁system ▁of ▁medicine , ▁Heil k unst . ▁On ▁one ▁occasion ▁Go ethe ▁wrote : ▁ ▁... Dr . ▁Samuel ▁H ahn emann ... certain ly ▁a ▁world - f am ous ▁phys ician ... I ▁believe ▁more ▁than ▁ever ▁in ▁this ▁wonderful ▁doctor ’ s ▁theory ▁as ▁I ▁have ▁experienced ... and ▁continue ▁to ▁experience ▁so ▁clearly ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁a ▁very ▁small ▁administration .” ▁And ▁in ▁another ▁letter ▁he ▁strongly ▁proc laimed ▁himself ▁a ▁“ H ahn emann ian ▁dis ci ple ” ... ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁famous ▁play , ▁Fa ust , ▁Go ethe ▁has ▁the ▁lead ▁character , ▁Me ph ist oph eles , ▁assert ▁the ▁home op ath ic ▁principle ▁of ▁sim il ars : ▁“ To ▁like ▁things ▁like , ▁whatever ▁one ▁may ▁a il ; ▁there ’ s ▁certain ▁help .” ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁later ▁life ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁writing ▁and ▁di aries , ▁Go ethe ▁writes ▁in ▁Fa ust : ▁‘ Sim ilia ▁Sim ilib us ▁applies ▁to ▁all ▁dis orders ‘ , ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁central ▁theme ▁of ▁home op ath y ▁and ▁elabor ating ▁his ▁sympathy ▁and ▁understanding ▁of ▁home op ath y , ▁as ▁illustrated ▁in ▁Wilhelm ▁Meister ’ s ▁App rent ices hip ▁and ▁his ▁Tower ▁Society ▁which ▁‘ ado pts ▁the ▁home op ath ic ▁approach ▁to ▁its ▁own ▁psych ological ▁methods ▁by ▁using ▁the ▁ir r ational