...remember that I have been a student here these thirty years, O, would I had never seen Wertenberg, never read book! And what wonders I have done, all...God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy; and must remain in hell for ever, hell, ah, hell, for ever! Sweet friends, what shall become of Faustus,...

...philosophers, was not to locate reality in the physical world at all. Too late Faustus recognizes this: "what wonders I have done all Germany can witness,...lost both Germany and the world, yea heaven itself" (5.2.47-51). Like Mephistopheles, Faustus exhibits the "aspiring pride and insolence" that wants all...

...the play is still very much part of the older, medieval worldview. The moral of the play is familiar: "And what wonders I have done all Germany can witness,...lost both Germany and the world, yea heaven itself . . ." (v. ii. 48-51). In other words: What benefits it a man to gain the world and lose his soul?...

...the play, the hollowness of his pursuits and of the ambitions that drove them are plain to Faustus: 'And what wonders I have done, all Germany can witness,...Faustus hath lost both Germany and the world, yea of heaven itself - heaven, the seat of God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy - and must...

...remember that I have been a student here these thirty years, O would I have never seen Wittenberg, never read book. — And what wonders I have done all Germany can witness, yea, all the world, yea Heaven itself — Heaven, the seat of God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy — and...