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Faustus is writ large in European mythology. A sixteenth-century German astronomer, he is reputed to have sold his soul to the devil for unlimited power. In modern English parlance, to ‘strike a Faustian bargain’ is to be willing to make questionable sacrifices for knowledge or power or influence, closing one’s eyes to the consequences.
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Selby, D., Kagawa, F. (2014). Striking a Faustian Bargain? Development Education, Education for Sustainable Development and the Economic Growth Agenda. In: McCloskey, S. (eds) Development Education in Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137324665_9
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