Maxim 519, trans. Stopp
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Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture." in the context of "Maxim 519, trans. Stopp" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, Maxims and Reflections (1833): Full text in German. Translation by Elisabeth Stopp (Penguin, 1998) follows Max Hecker's canonical German edition (1907). Bailey Saunders' selection, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe (1893), translates 590 of Goethe's 1413 maxims.)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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