Holger Hertling
Gold
Toward gold throng all, To gold cling all, Yes, all!
Margarete in Goethes Faust I (already in Urfaust), "Evening" - first printed in the Fragment (1790)
The lure of gold: Similar to futures and stock options tradeable at the stock exchange which have underlyings (i.e. the share of a company or an index), some thesis from Binswangers book (Geld und Magie, Murmann 2005) about the economical interpretation of Goethes Faust lay underneath my graduation topic GOLD.
Mankind strives to overcome impermanence so inherent to our system in the following ways:
a) Through science = Past
b) Through the arts = Present
c) Through the gateway of economy and finances = Future
