Thought's on Goethe's Faust

"God affirms and creates, the devil denies and destroys" (Thomas 1xxvi). The concept of good and evil has been around since essentially the Beginning, the dawn of life, with Adam and Eve determining the course of humanity for all to come under the persuasion of evil. Always associated with the concepts of "good" and "evil" then, are the two most powerful spiritual forces recognized by mankind; God and Satan. The latter of the two has …

…man is ever to become stronger, and to develop, learning new ways to function and exist, then they are going to have to try, and inevitably are going to have to fail as well before they finally accomplish their goal. Overcoming adversity is one of the ways that this development occurs, and having to deal with Mephistopheles and his trickery and mind games present as an excellent way to begin the ever ongoing development procedure.