Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The following collection of Goethe's sentiments and opinions has been extracted from his published correspondence with Schiller, Zelter, Stolberg, Reinhard, the Frau von Stein, Oeser, Reich, Rochlitz, Woltman, Mayer, Riemer, and Schuckman; and from his volumes of conversations published by Eckerman, Riemer, and Luden.