Most of us know or have heard of people who are famous or rich for all the wrong reasons — as if they have made a bargain with evil forces for their own benefit. In , Ed Simon uses the story of Faust to trace some of the ways people have traded their principles for personal or societal gain. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Most of us know or have heard of people who are famous or rich for all the wrong reasons — as if they have made a bargain with evil forces for their own benefit.
In , Ed Simon uses the story of Faust to trace some of the ways people have traded their principles for personal or societal gain. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Most of us know or have heard of people who are famous or rich for all the wrong reasons — as if they have made a bargain with evil forces for their own benefit. In , Ed Simon uses the story of Faust to trace some of the ways people have traded their principles for personal or societal gain.
Simon is the Pittsburgh-based editor-in-chief of magazine as well as being the executive director of the Belt Media Collaborative and a staff writer for the . He has also written essays and criticism for the , the , the , the and the . Faust, or Dr.
Faustus, will be familiar to readers of the writers Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Although the details of the story vary, both authors tell of a man who sold his soul to the devil in e.