What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe do for the Romantic Movement?

Answer 1

ITS INTERESTING that his comments on how the Bible influenced his life and his writing:

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The comments of two famous German literary figures, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Heinrich Heine, regarding the effect of the Bible upon their work, are especially noteworthy. Goethe said of his career: “It is belief in the Bible, the fruit of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life.—I have found it a capital safely invested, and richly productive of interest.” Commenting in a similar vein, Heine stated: “I owe my enlightenment quite simply to the reading of a book.—A book?

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The Foundation of Education

Time never out dates the Bible; it is always modern because it is the very basis for education. Germany’s great writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, talked about education and the Bible. Goethe, one of the most eminent in all world literature, said: “I am convinced that the Bible becomes even more beautiful the more one understands it. Let culture and science go on advancing, and the mind progress as it may, it will never go beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it glistens and shines forth in the Gospels. It is to the intrinsic value that the Bible owes the extraordinary veneration in which it is held by so many nations and generations. It is not only a popular book, it is the book of the people. The greater the intellectual progress of ages, the more fully possible will it also become to employ the Bible both as the foundation and as the instrument of education—of that education by which not pedants but truly wise men are formed.”—The Supremacy of the Bible, p. xxviii.

--To me he sounds like a romantic even in his potrayal of the Bibles imminent beauty that would enhance all cultures!
--As to his poetry , I am sure it enhanced many a love life!

--Here are some of his expressions:

Truly the words of Goethe especially apply to the historic state of Israel: “If you want to understand the poet, visit his country.”

“The one and only real and profound theme of the world and of human history . . . is the conflict between belief and unbelief,” said Johann von Goethe.

The famous writer Goethe stated: “He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”—Goethe.

--His Sorcerer's Apprendice showed an expanse of imagination which lends to all his writings!