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Goethe on greatness, 3

On January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn greatness

A great scholar is rarely a great philosopher …

Ein großer Gelehrter ist selten ein großer Philosoph …

-Letter to Friederike Oeser, February 13, 1769
Translation by Goethe Global.

No. 4822

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