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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.