All that Is Solid Melts into Air
“the idea of an affinity between the cultural ideal of self-development and the real social movement toward economic development.”
This was the essence of Faust before he died at the age of 83. This huge craving for development as the book explains has been in many forms beginning from being a good character to an evil one. As Marx called “the powers of the underworld”, Faust’s ideas went hand in hand by dangerous roads. I would like to explore this need for evil.
Faust influenced the philosophy behind intellectual, moral, economical and social ideas. Yet these ideas came at a cost, where people did not know the outcome of these developments. Not every person is willing to accept change and will fight till the last breath to defend it. It’s the unknown, the great dark, deep hole where no one can see the light. It’s this unknown that made Faust’s “relationship with the devil”. Faust was a free thinker where he was not afraid to explore the unknown, however, not everyone thinks like this. It’s because of this leap of faith and ambition Faust is known as “The Developer”. Ones who like tradition would call Faust an evil person for thinking out of the box, but, if we did not have people like Faust how will the human race improve and land on the moon?
“the idea of an affinity between the cultural ideal of self-development and the real social movement toward economic development.”
This was the essence of Faust before he died at the age of 83. This huge craving for development as the book explains has been in many forms beginning from being a good character to an evil one. As Marx called “the powers of the underworld”, Faust’s ideas went hand in hand by dangerous roads. I would like to explore this need for evil.
Faust influenced the philosophy behind intellectual, moral, economical and social ideas. Yet these ideas came at a cost, where people did not know the outcome of these developments. Not every person is willing to accept change and will fight till the last breath to defend it. It’s the unknown, the great dark, deep hole where no one can see the light. It’s this unknown that made Faust’s “relationship with the devil”. Faust was a free thinker where he was not afraid to explore the unknown, however, not everyone thinks like this. It’s because of this leap of faith and ambition Faust is known as “The Developer”. Ones who like tradition would call Faust an evil person for thinking out of the box, but, if we did not have people like Faust how will the human race improve and land on the moon?
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