Letter, writing to Wilhelm Humboldt. Quoted in Singhal, D P India and World Civilization p. 244. Rupa and Co Calcutta 1993.ASIN 0870131435 p. 230- 232. , as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture

I have by no means an aversion to things Indian, but I am afraid of them, for they draw my imagination into the formless and the diffuse against which I have to guard myself more than ever before.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have by no means an aversion to things Indian, but I am afraid of them, for they draw my imagination into the formless and the diffuse against which I have to guard myself more than ever before." in the context of "Letter, writing to Wilhelm Humboldt. Quoted in Singhal, D P India and World Civilization p. 244. Rupa and Co Calcutta 1993.ASIN 0870131435 p. 230- 232. , as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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