 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1839 - 452 lehte
...of their foothold? " What know we at last, and how far can we go with all our fine wit 1 "Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out with what it has to do, and then restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension.... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1854 - 372 lehte
...occupation but the disposition for it and the capacity. But once more to quote Goethe. " Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension." All that I... | |
 | 1855 - 624 lehte
...Church." But we may perhaps hope for some less comprehensive advantage from the maxim, that " man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out where the problem begins," applied by the few to the study of all Divine Kevelation, in the spirit... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1856 - 388 lehte
...Church." But we may, perhaps, hope for some less comprehensive advantage from the maxim, that " man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out where the problem begins," — applied by the few to the study of all Divine Revelation, in the spirit... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 330 lehte
...is a misuse of its faculties, and so to take rest in the philosophic conclusion that " man was not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out where the problem begins, and then to restrain himself within the limits of the comprehensible." When... | |
 | 1886 - 924 lehte
...ultimate view of it seems to be that indicated by the (somewhat ambiguous) aphorism, that " man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out wherein it consists." What has just been said may be taken as a summary of Goethe's relations to philosophy.... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 lehte
...energies of his soul, seeking its accomplishment, not his own glory. As Goethe wisely says : "Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension." Having found... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 386 lehte
...energies of his soul, seeking its accomplishment, not his own glory. As Goethe wisely says : " Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension." Having found... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1878 - 394 lehte
...of his soul, seeking its accomplishment, not his own glory. 5. As has been wisely said, " Man is not born to solve the 'problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within matters that he understands." Having found out what you... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 lehte
...enter the thick of the fire, be sure that duty calls us thither. To quote Goethe again — " We are not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what we have to do, and to confine ourselves within the limits of our power of comprehension," — and, we may add, of action.... | |
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Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension. 
