Doctor Faustus is a well known play from which we have the term "Faustian bargain". In the play a man named Faustus makes a pact with the devil. He promises the devil his soul in return for the use of one of the devils servants named Mephostophilis. Mephostophilis is to carry out Faustus' every whim for a time period of 24 years and if he does so then the devil may have his soul. Towards the end however, we see Faustus trying to repent of his sins because his time is up and now he knows that he must pay the consequences.
The term "Faustian bargain" in this book refers to Faustus selling his soul to the devil to have a temporary advantage over the rest of the human race. This was an extremely greedy move and we find that he pays for it in the end. Today we take the term "Faustian bargain" to mean remaking what we know to be true to suit our desires. Though this is slightly less dramatic then the selling of ones soul to the devil it is still done in greed and generally for all of the wrong reasons.
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