When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and they've lost the whole, for the link that's mi… - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
" "When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and they've lost the whole, for the link that's missing was the living soul.
About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar.
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