Status Updates From Goethe: Life as a Work of Art

What a wonderful man!

Been listening to this on and off and it's really good, despite the typical audiobook-induced amnesia I seem to have. Safranski does a lot of demystifying of the great polymath. For example he points out that Goethe reviewed books he didn't read, was quite self absorbed, loved fame, and worked in mad fits. Definitely brings him down from the heavenly throne we tend to put heroes on ...