Sartor Resartus · Character
Goethe
German poet and philosopher, a major intellectual influence on Teufelsdröckh.
minor
Also known as him—Goethe
First appearance: IX: The Everlasting Yea
Goethe shows up with force in VIII: The World Out of Clothes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced through the Earth-Spirit's speech in Faust, which Teufelsdröckh quotes to illustrate the concept of the world as God's Garment.
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In VIII: The World Out of Clothes: Referenced through the Earth-Spirit's speech in Faust, which Teufelsdröckh quotes to illustrate the concept of the world as God's Garment. Later, in VII: The Everlasting No: Alluded…
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See Goethe in IX: The Everlasting Yea