Das Göttliche

The Divine

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Year

1783

Country

Germany

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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Das Göttliche is a hymn in the Weimar Classicism style written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 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.