# Goethe — Sartor Resartus character guide

> Goethe in Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** him—Goethe

**First appearance:** 0021-ix-the-everlasting-yea

## Who they are

German poet and philosopher, a major intellectual influence on Teufelsdröckh.

## In the story

### [VIII: The World Out of Clothes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/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.

### [VII: The Everlasting No](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/vii-the-everlasting-no)

Alluded to through the mention of Faust's Deathsong, which Teufelsdröckh recites in his anguish.

### [Centre of Indifference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/viii-centre-of-indifference)

Mentioned as being waited upon by Teufelsdröckh at Treisnitz.

### [IX: The Everlasting Yea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/ix-the-everlasting-yea)

Alluded to as an exemplar of the second crop of spiritual growth, having overcome doubt and denial.

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