190 Years Ago Today Wollte Er Mehr LichtThursday 22nd of March 1832Poet, writer and botanist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dies of heart failure at the age of 83 in Brauhausgasse 10, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.A celebrated Berlinist poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had a son born after his untimely death. His mother, Eva von Goethe, was born after two of his relatives were assassinated in 1942. He died in the early weeks of this morning. He became an internationally known German public speaker after he won his fourth Nobel Prize. He was regarded as a very intelligent speaker, although a bit off topic. He is buried this afternoon. Johann Wolfgang was one of the most influential philosophers in Germany for several thousand years and has lived one of the longest lives. During this period of time it wasn't unusual for him to speak to crowds of people. He was also one of the founding members of the University of Berlin, and had many of the university's famous lectures delivered to his students. He was known as one of the most fascinating and well known members of our great university world and this is why he became one of our top five most talked about thinkers in Germany, being one of the most influential modern German philosophers. A well known professor of German philosophy who was the head of the Institute for the Study of Philosophy for over 30 years his tenure as chancellor.
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