Wednesday, March 17, 2021

 

Excuses to Follow Our Own Desires

Goethe, Iphigenia in Tauris 2.1.740-741 (tr. David Luke):
How very artfully you interweave
The counsels of the gods with your own wishes.

Mit seltner Kunst flichst du der Götter Rat
Und deine Wünsche klug in eins zusammen.
Id. 5.3.1832-1833:
We are most willing to appeal to laws
When we can make them weapons of our wishes.

Wir fassen ein Gesetz begierig an,
Das unsrer Leidenschaft zur Waffe dient.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 8:01 AM


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