The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Seeing Life [from the London 'Saturday Review,' Sept. 22]

"Seeing Life [from the London 'Saturday Review,' Sept. 22]." New-York Saturday Press, October 13, 1860, 3.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

A critique of Goethe's philosophy that one should experience as much as life has to offer. The critic's fear is that this philosohpy is too compatible and practiced in more affluent circles already.