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Category: what’s possible

Goethe on what’s possible, 2

On August 28, 2021 By Goethe GlobalIn what's possible1 Comment

We always hope, and still in every case
’Tis better far to hope than to despair;
For who can calculate the possible?

Wir hoffen immer, und in allen Dingen
Ist besser hoffen als verzweifeln. Denn
Wer kann das Mögliche
berechnen ?

-Tasso III, Scene 4, Antonio, line 2163
Translation by Anna Swanwick.

No. 3425

Goethe on what’s possible, 1

On December 31, 2020 By Goethe GlobalIn what's possible

… the best possible will be strived for
by postulating the impossible.

… es werde dadurch das Möglichste erstrebt,
daß man das Unmögliche postuliere.

-Letter to F. v. Müller, October 19, 1823
Translation by Goethe Global.

No. 5001

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