... does not really deny the will, he merely expresses woeful dissatisfaction at the seeming impossibility of anything to sate him. His attempts at raising the earth spirit demonstrates this i.e. even at the understanding of human limitation he still tries to overcome this with transcendent means. For Faust ... Interestingly enough we can answer this point by reference to one of the most recent re-writing of the Faust legend: Michael Swanwick's "Jack Faust". In this version Faust desires and is given scientific knowledge without limit. In this case Faust's employs this new knowledge tireless...

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