QTDDTOT: Questions that don't deserve their own thread (8chan)

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QTDDTOT: Questions that don’t deserve their own thread

This is the thread for one-liner questions about /pol/-related topics. “What does /pol/ think of [x],” “is [x] redpilled,” and associated questions belong here. Threads created based on a single, simple question will be deleted. If your thread is deleted, come here and ask again. REMINDER TO SEARCH THE CATALOG FIRST.  

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16245316? ago

What does “Faustian” mean, as in “Faustian spirit”?  

16245319? ago

>>12697167

I should add that I'm talking about the critics of Geothe's retelling of the story.  

16245317? ago

>>12697143

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust

"the adjective "Faustian" imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term."

Contemporary thinkers ended up describing the Faustian Spirit of the European people as exploratory, innovative, competent, etc. They believed this was primarily racial, meaning that it was something you were born with.