{"product_id":"maxims-and-reflections","title":"Maximen und Reflexionen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if a few lines could make you look again at nature, art, and the way you live?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Maxims and Reflections, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe thinks in short, sharp pieces. These sayings offer brief observations to ponder rather than one continuous argument. Its main threads are nature, knowledge and action, art and craft, experience and error, and the habits that shape life with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoethe brings the eye of a poet and a scientist to these questions. Plants, colors, bones and clouds matter alongside verse and human behavior. Some sayings also appear within Wilhelm Meister's Travels. Each brief reflection asks you to pause: what do you really observe, what do you merely assume, and what will you do with what you know?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA closer look at nature\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Goethe’s insistence on careful observation before theories take the place of looking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKnowledge put to work\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider why knowing matters most when it reaches beyond thought and into action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe shape of art\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a practical view of creativity, where form, limits and craft give art its strength.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoom for error\u003c\/strong\u003e – Turn over reflections on experience, age and the patient work of learning from mistakes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeople seen clearly\u003c\/strong\u003e – Look closely at vanity, flattery and prejudice, and how groups shape the way people think.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy notebooks and proverbs, prefer thinking in small pieces, or want a way into Goethe beyond Faust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and give a few short lines room to linger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534651195740,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/04231_en_ebook-front_c01.jpg?v=1792175008","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/maximen-und-reflexionen","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}