A masterpiece written over 60 years by the world-renowned author Goethe
Faust, the man who made a deal with the devil to obtain immutable truth and eternal pleasure.
A canon of German literature that explores the universal human spirit and embodies the core of enduring human history.

“The eternally feminine leads us up.”

As Faust was written over a period of 60 years, it contains the author Goethe's life and worldview, namely the free-spirited genius of the Sturm und Drang period and the classicist spirit that pursued Greek harmony, as well as all the experiences and insights of his long life of 80 years.

The protagonist, Faust, is a person who believes that he can reach the realm of God through his understanding of the world.
He was a man of action who sought to understand the 'power that governs the world from the center' and, for that purpose, explored both nature and human life.
Through him, Goethe shows how the conflict between God and the devil unfolds through one human being.
He experiences both the polarities of light and darkness, oscillating between transcendent will and despair, between skepticism about life and pantheistic faith.
And ultimately, with the will to pursue good, one achieves ascension to a higher realm.
Through this work, we joyfully confirm the triumph of humanity, which goes through such wandering and reaches self-realization.
─ Jeong Seo-woong, from “Work Commentary”

Proteus: As a spiritual being, let us go to the city of damp water.
You can live freely there and do whatever you want.
Just don't try to climb higher in the hierarchy.
Because once you become human, that's the end for you.
--- p.196

Yes! I will give my all for this cause.
The final conclusion of wisdom is this:
Only those who fight for freedom and life every day are entitled to enjoy them.
So, even though we are surrounded by danger, here, people of all ages and genders spend valuable days.
I look at these crowds and want to live with free people in a free land.
Then, it would be okay to say this to the moment:
"Stop, you're so beautiful!"
The mark I have left on this world will never disappear - I am experiencing the best of times now, with a foreboding of such exalted happiness.

--- pp.362-363