>>41031739
but in the end of faust (faust 2) faust comes to the conclusion that only consistency gets you freedom & life. so satisfying a woman lies in nevel eltting up keeping up the performance.
while in the beginnig faust is desperate over the fact that he studied this & that but still doesnt recognise the truth that keeps the world together, so he is seeking stagnation, the final holy grail of knowledge, so he can rest but life isnt about rest as it turns out but about repreated struggle.
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The last word Wisdom ever has to say: He only earns his Freedom and Existence, Who’s forced to win them freshly every day.

―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust II
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Das ist der Weisheit letzter Schluß: Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, Der täglich sie erobern muß.

―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust II, Vers 11579 f. / Faust