Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Over at Pure Pedantry, Kara has a nice post on Goethe and game theory.
A favorite professor of mine once told me that it's always impressive to start with an example from the 18th century.
Goethe ... is a wonderful instance of the fact that the purest naïveté and the most mighty understanding can go hand in hand. -Thomas Mann on Goethe.
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