Both Uses
Goethe
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
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- After three weeks it was no longer incomprehensible to us that a braided postman should have more authority over us than had formerly our parents, our teachers, and the whole gamut of culture from Plato to Goethe.†
p. 22.4 *Goethe = German polymath and writer (1749-1832)
- Tjaden retorts in the well-known phrase from Goethe's "Gotz von Berlichingen," with which he is always free.†
p. 238.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(Goethe) German polymath (one who excels in many fields) best remembered for his writing -- especially the play Faust (1749-1832)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)