Mephistopheles meaning

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The devil in the Faust legend to whom Faust sold his soul.
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A devil in medieval legend and later literary and operatic works, to whom Faust, or Faustus, sells his soul for knowledge and power.
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A crafty, powerful, sardonic person.
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Mephistopheles Sentence Examples

  • des Weltschmerzes (1876); Huber, Der Pessimismus (1876); von Golther, Der moderne P. (1878); Paulsen, Schopenhauer, Hamlet, Mephistopheles (1900); Kowalewski, Studien zur Psychologie des P. (1904).

  • Mephistopheles (1900); Philosophia militans (1900, 1901); Parteipolitik u.

  • MEPHISTOPHELES,' in the Faust legend, the name of the evil spirit in return for whose assistance Faust signs away his soul.

  • The origin of the conception and name of Mephistopheles has been the subject of much learned debate.

  • The origin of the idea of Mephistopheles in Faust's mind is thus clear.

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