@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017312, author = {両角, 克夫}, journal = {信州大学文理学部紀要. 第1部, 人文・社会}, month = {Dec}, note = {This article treats of the problem presented by T. S. Eliot of a relation between the philosophy of a poet and his wisdom, through a brief study of Goethe. The universality of Goethe comes not from his philosophy grounded upon "Nature" or the pantheizm of Spinoza but from his wisdom grounded upon the understanding of humaniy. We can appreciate works of Goethe even if we cannot accept his philosophy which is under the influence of the spirit of 1819th century, because his wisdom is so great and so broad that it can understand and embrace not only various aspects of the human heart, but of nature herself. Of course there are many poets whose works we cannot appreciate without accepting their philosophies. We can say such poets are minor or philosophical, ideological writers. Their style may be called potential. It is difficult to explore the problem of poetic belief versus philosophic one, but it is clear that poets do not hold an "idea" in the same way that philosophers hold it. Then what is "poetic belief"? It is impossible to define it, because poetry is beyond any logical definition. It is a kind of joyful experience, a kind of pure and disinterested pleasure. But this pleasure comes from the wisdom or conscience of great poets, after a long acquaintance with whose works we can feel wiser men because of the time that we have spent with them., Article, 信州大学文理学部紀要. 第1部, 人文・社会 14: 30-37(1964)}, pages = {30--37}, title = {知慧と文学:T.S. EliotのGoethe論をめぐつて}, volume = {14}, year = {1964} }