ABSTRACT
Shakespeare, whose many gifts included unequalled epistemophilic instincts, made an invitation coloured by benevolence and challenging hope: “Come, give us a taste of your quality”. 1 His unique follower, Goethe, entertained second thoughts, dictated by depressive doubtfulness: Individuum est ineffabile. 2 P.A. Mystery is real life; real life is the concern of real analysis. Jargon passes for psychoanalysis, as sound is substituted for music, verbal facility for literature and poetry, trompe l’oeil representations for painting.
