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Goethe in the Campagna, 1787. Artist: Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm (1751-1829)

Goethe, painted by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein Credit: Heritage Images/Getty Images

“The sum of his existence” — in a letter to Schiller, Goethe describes his habit of taking stock at the end of a year of life. The Prince of Poets would have been 275 years old this week. Christoph Mücher, Director of the Goethe-Institut Australia, explains why Goethe is still relevant today.


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Christoph Mücher leitet das Goethe-Institut in Australien Credit: WM

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