Both Uses
posterity
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
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- What shines, is born but for the moment's pleasure;
The genuine leaves posterity a treasure.†Chpt All * - Posterity!†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(posterity) all future generations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, posterity can refer to the future generations descended from an individual.