Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic

Divided self

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Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Vor dem Thor [Before the Gate]." Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

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Another quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic
Going for it Doing one's best

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Faust
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 5.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part Two, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 5.

Another quote from the 1800s

FIRST LAW: In every animal... A more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ... While the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.
SECOND LAW: All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature in individuals... Are preserved by reproductions to the new individuals which arise.

Jean-Baptiste Lamark

Philosophie Zoologique

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Topic
Evolution

Author

Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Source
Philosophie Zoologique
Language
French
Time
1809 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Philosophie zoologique [Zoological Philosophy]. Paris: Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, 1809, pt. 1, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Zoological Philosophy, translated by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott. Cambridge University Press, 2011, pt. 1, ch. 7.

Another quote originally in German

I am much occupied with the investigation of physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not similar to a divine animated being, but similar to a clock.

Johannes Kepler

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Topic
The laws of physics The universe

Author

Johannes Kepler
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1605 1600s 17th century
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Citation

Kepler, Johannes. Letter to Herwart von Hohenbury. 10 Feb. 1605.