Fatum Chaim
@Machine_Civ
Goethean
I have translated this highly interesting dialogue that offers insight into Goethe’s political stance and displays a very private interaction wherein Goethe lays bare a side of himself that he rarely revealed. The link to the translation is in the first comment.
I have stumbled upon a highly interesting personal account of a meeting between Goethe and Heinrich Luden, a politically engaged writer, which took place shortly after the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig. The conversation shines a light upon a highly intimate conversation…
“Heroism consists not only in facing physical enemies, but also in enduring spiritual conditions.” ~ Oswald Spengler
I still post the exact same way that I posted when I had 80 followers. There's a group of 20 people occasionally liking my posts and I am relatively sure that most followed me back then as well, so it is highly confusing to me as to how and why I have amassed so many followers.
If one intends to present an example of genuine European culture, it should at the very least correspond to the authentic sublimity of the Occident, ie. poast Bach, instead of nouveau riche equivalent of classical music.
A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist. Touches my heart every single time.
“Peoples are combat units in the stream of history. What fights as a unit is a people.” ~ Oswald Spengler
“The one who runs away in despair is later labeled: ‘Well, we got rid of him now’.” ~ Thomas Bernhard
We have taken many a stance For this and for that Not for ourselves? No, never that.
The world has Goethe. Then there are the others.
Italy has Dante England has Shakespeare France has (no Descartes) Guénon Russia has Dostoevsky America has Ezra Pound
I have no will. I have no capacities for life’s ups and downs — I outsourced it.
“Human races are, in their essence, something different from animal races. ‘Man’ as an animal is a single race. The finer distinctions are of a spiritual nature.” ~ Oswald Spengler
“One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.” ~ Goethe
“What is ‘Race’? That which expresses itself in active life and Being – to have Race.” ~ Oswald Spengler
