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It was mentioned as a book series that the speaker read as a child, where he first encountered the anecdote of Goethe's doppelganger experience.
But the German poet and philosopher Goethe, one of the reasons I like this anecdote is because I love saying Goethe's name. He was riding one time from Alsace to, I want to say Dusseldorf, but I think...
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Episode: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!
It was mentioned as a book series that the speaker read as a child, where he first encountered the anecdote of Goethe's doppelganger experience.
But the German poet and philosopher Goethe, one of the reasons I like this anecdote is because I love saying Goethe's name. He was riding one time from Alsace to, I want to say Dusseldorf, but I think that's wrong.
And that was a Time-Life books thing? Yeah, I remember it very well. Yeah, that sounds about right.