TY - JOUR AU - Râmbu, Nicolae PY - 2012/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Demonism of Creation in Goethe’s Philosophy JF - TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia da Unesp JA - TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia da Unesp VL - 35 IS - 03 SE - Artigos e Comentários DO - UR - https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/2617 SP - 67-80 AB - <div>Goethe’s philosophy of creativity revolves around what he called das Dämonische.</div><div>This essay is not meant as a definition or an explanation of demonic creation, but instead presents a</div><div>demonic work par excellence, as the term “demonic” is defined by Goethe in the Elegy from Marienbad.</div><div>The process of the creation of this work, as it is described by Goethe, also represents a strange exorcism,</div><div>as the entire daemonic creative force of the author is transposed in this lyrical masterpiece of German</div><div>and universal literature. After writing the Elegy Goethe, it is no longer demonic.</div> ER -