Among all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt life's dream most beautifully.
• Maxim 298, trans. Stopp
• Variant translation by Saunders: Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life the best. (189)
• Maxim 298, trans. Stopp
• Variant translation by Saunders: Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life the best. (189)
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Unter allen Völkerschaften haben die Griechen den Traum des Lebens am schönsten geträumt.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Unter allen Völkerschaften haben die Griechen den Traum des Lebens am schönsten geträumt." in the context of "Among all peoples, the Greeks have dreamt life's dream most beautifully.
• Maxim 298, trans. Stopp
• Variant translation by Saunders: Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life the best. (189)" 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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