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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Born: 28 August 1749  Frankfurt-am-Main, Holy Roman Empire (not to be mistaken for Roman Empire)

Died: 22 March 1832   Weimar, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Confederation

Biography: Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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The Pinocchio paradox was thought of in February 2001 by an 11-year-old called Veronique Eldridge-Smith – the daughter of Peter Eldridge-Smith, who specializes in the philosophy of logic. The article was first published in the journal Analysis, and the Pinocchio paradox rapidly became popular on the Internet. The paradox consists in Pinocchio saying ´My nose will grow now´. Pinocchio’s nose grows when he tells a lie, so if he said ‘my nose will grow now’ – if his nose does grow that would mean he wasn’t lying, but if he wasn’t lying, his nose wouldn’t grow.. but then his statement would be a lie… so his nose would grow.. but then the statement wouldn’t be a lie… so his nose wouldn’t grow… 

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