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-{{Template}}'''''Elective Affinities''''' (German: ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften'') is an [[1809]] novel written by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], the title of which is a term once used for the tendency of [[chemical species]] to combine with certain substances or species in preference to others. The novel is based on the metaphor of human [[passion (emotion)|passions]] being governed or regulated by the [[chemical affinity|laws of chemical affinity]], and examines whether or not the science and laws of chemistry undermine or uphold the institution of [[marriage]], as well as other human social relations. +{{Template}}'''''Elective Affinities''''' (German: ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften'') is an [[1809]] novel written by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], the title of which is a term once used for the tendency of [[chemical]] [[element]]s to combine with certain substances or species in preference to others. The novel is based on the metaphor of human [[passion (emotion)|passions]] being governed or regulated by the [[chemical affinity|laws of chemical affinity]], and examines whether or not the science and laws of chemistry undermine or uphold the institution of [[marriage]], as well as other human social relations.
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Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften) is an 1809 novel written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the title of which is a term once used for the tendency of chemical elements to combine with certain substances or species in preference to others. The novel is based on the metaphor of human passions being governed or regulated by the laws of chemical affinity, and examines whether or not the science and laws of chemistry undermine or uphold the institution of marriage, as well as other human social relations.

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Beauty according to Goethe, from his 1809 Elective Affinities, is “everywhere a welcome guest”. Goethe stated that human beauty “acts with far greater force on both inner and outer senses, so that he who beholds it is exempt from evil and feels in harmony with himself and with the world.”

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