''Das Göttliche'' (''The Divine'') is a

hymn A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' ...

in the

Weimar Classicism Weimar Classicism (german: Weimarer Klassik) was a German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism from the synthesis of ideas from Romanticism, Classicism, and the Age of Enlightenment. It was named after t ...

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

. It was composed in 1783, and first appeared in 1785 without Goethe's consent in the publication ''On the Teachings of Spinoza'' by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. The first version authorised by Goethe himself was published in 1789.

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Poetry by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1783 poems Neo-Spinozism {{Poem-stub