“Part of that force that always wills the evil and always produces the good”. On a Devilish Incoherence

S.Ph. Essays and Explorations 1 (2):25-33 (2016)
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This paper analyzes and discusses Mephisto's famous remark in Goethe's FAUST. It turns out that he is being incoherent in interesting ways.

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