Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings (Penguin Little Black Classics)

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Genres

Publication

Penguin Classics (2015), Edition: 01, 64 pages

Description

I can promise to be candid, not, however, to be impartial.'A selection of the most insightful maxims and reflections from one of Germany's greatest ever thinkers.Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

User reviews

LibraryThing member SashaM
this one shows it's age. I found a lot of these thoughts to be dated / sexist / not really relevant.Maybe it was just me...
LibraryThing member TheCrow2
A short collection of Goethe`s aphorisms and maxims. Unfortunately they haven`t aged well, today most of them feel dated, clichéd or even sexist.

Language

Original language

German

ISBN

0141397136 / 9780141397139

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