A few days ago
Mina G

goethe’s he who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth explaination please?

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he who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth

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A few days ago
Beach Saint

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“The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenge.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

In other words, there is a lot of knowledge on the Planet Earth. If you cannot solve a problem with 3,000 years history, you are living an impoverished life. (A hand-to-mouth existence is one in which you are barely existing. Synonyms: breadline, mere existence, pauperism, poverty trap, subsistence level.) I believe Goethe refers to poverty in a metaphorical or symbolic way.

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