Doctor Faustus - Thomas Mann this day is lived for

this day is lived for the first and only time

not changing them for the better

And as summer fades to autumn

His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable

Doctor Faustus - Thomas Mann this day is lived forTo unlock his full creative potential, Adrian Leverkhn makes a lethal pact with nature and intentionally contracts syphilis. A brilliant young composer, Adrian believes that the disease induced madness will fuel his genius. But while his music reaches new heights, his mind and morality begin to unravel. Mann's interpretation of the Faustian legend is a story of madness and sanity, genius and corruption, intellectual attainment and Germany's moral