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When Goethe contemplated the transitoriness of conditions, and in all his work endeavored to catch and preserve these fleeting phenomena, or when Hebbel defined man as the resultant of conflicting forces rather than as an effective force in himself, both evidently thought of life as a product, not as a producer, and sought the meaning of life in personal reaction rather than in personal action. The life of which the German desires abundance is the inner life. Character is to him a greater good than conduct.
How does one judge character, except by conduct?
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Even as I could say that someone 'not doing anything' gives a sense of character, we do compare to a history when an action is called "out of character"... but is that to specific acts or to a general *flavor?
"Life as a product" stands in *reflection of "the whole is worth more than the sum of the parts".
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