Dec 17, 2009
Faustus had been born to a common family in Rhodes, Germany. In his maturity, while living with some relatives in Wittenberg, he studied theology and was called a doctor. However, Faustus was so swollen with conceit that, Daedalus-like, he strove too far, became glutted with learning, conspired with the devil, and finally fell, accursed.
At the outset of his downward path Doctor Faustus found himself complete master of the fields of knowledge that men at that time studied. As a medical doctor he had already achieved huge success and great renown. After...
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