Die Meistersinger Von

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    Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
    Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:16-17.

    Everything in science depends on what one calls an aperçu, on becoming aware of what is at the bottom of the phenomena. Such becoming aware is infinitely fertile.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)