Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin shafuka ashirin na farko na tarihin rayuwarsa Goethe ya nuna girgizar kasa ta Lisbon ta 1755
a matsayin wani babban canji a rayuwarsa. An fassara littafin Goethe "Gaskiya da waka" amma kuma an fassara shi "Gaskiya da fiction". Dukansu marubuta suna da alama sun kasance da rashin samun rayuwa mai ban mamaki. Goethe ya yi imanin cewa wanzuwar Kristi yana da fictionalized yayin da Kierkegaard ya yi imanin cewa wanzuwar Goethe ya rubuta game da kansa a cikin tarihin kansa ne fictional <unk> kuma da yawa daga cikin shi ya kasance.