The "Arab is as intimately connected with camel and horse as is body with soul"
— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832)
Date
1819
Metaphor
The "Arab is as intimately connected with camel and horse as is body with soul"
Metaphor in Context
All the things which man expresses freely and naturally are life relations; now, the Arab is as intimately connected with camel and horse as is body with soul; nothing can happen to him which does not at the same time affect these creatures and vitally connect their existence and activity with his own.
Categories
Provenance
Reading Curtius European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages (302)
Theme
Mind and Body
Date of Entry
04/24/2005
