Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on this day in 1749.
The poet of the German enlightenment is best known for works
such as, The Sufferings of Young Werner and the quintessential mad scientist
story, Doctor Faustus (in which the protagonist sells his soul to the devil
for knowledge). In an age when anyone with a pretence to an education was
polymathic, he was widely acknowledged as a leading intellectual, and had many
other important accomplishments that are now overshadowed by his artistic fame.
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