0 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 30 Jul 2023 \ on: Solid Household: When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Consolidated Weimars Budget bitcoin
I had no idea. I had to read The Sorrows (translated as sufferings when I read it) Of Young Werther in college, but we learned nothing about this.
He was a highly respected, later ennobled, member of the upper class of Weimar. Steady guest at Arthur Schopenhauer's mother's literature circle.
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I imagine scenes from that movie Cabaret! I guess he wasn't suffering, huh?
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Oh, sorry. I do not know about this film.
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It was very popular in the U.S. in the 1970s. It was also a Broadway play. It was about a Berlin nightclub during Weimar. All about the decadence. All we know about Weimar is decadence and wheelbarrows full of worthless fiat.
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Ah. But it's Weimar of the 1920s. The 'circle' was organized by Mrs. Schopenhauer around 1800. Interesting time by the way. Arthur always fought his mother or better: she fought her son on being the better writer. Crazy Germans....
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I just looked at some photos. Beautiful city.
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My father was born nearby, in Georgenthal. It's lovely.
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