"Faustian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1887, Karl Marx, “Conversion of Surplus-Value into Capital”, in Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, transl., edited by Frederick [i.e., Friedrich] Engels, Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production: Translated from the Third German Edition, volume II, London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co., […], →OCLC, part VII (The Accumulation of Capital), page 605:",
          "text": "But along with this growth, there is at the same time developed in his breast, a Faustian conflict between the passion for accumulation, and the desire for enjoyment.",
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          "text": "Each transaction in the transient corresponds to a pragmatics that transforms the Faustian promise into an advertising slogan.",
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          "text": "Serious times demand honesty and self-awareness from people in positions of authority and, at the end of the day, political parties giving succour to fringe views about life-and-death matters is a Faustian pact.",
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          "ref": "2024 February 9, Ross Douthat, “America Between Jesus and Faust”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "But if techno-capitalist ambitions are fundamentally Faustian, should a Catholic observer (or anyone else with similar commitments) really wish for them to rise again?",
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