TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bortoft,Henri
TI  - The wholeness of nature: Goethe's way of science
SN  - 9780863152382 (pbk.) :
U1  - 501 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Floris
KW  - Nature in literature
KW  - Nature (Aesthetics)
KW  - Science in literature
KW  - Literature
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - Philosophy of science
KW  - History of science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-419)
N2  - Henri Bortoft examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's ways of science. He argues that Goethe's insights, far from belonging to the past, represent the foundation for a future science; The scientific work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) represents a style of learning and understanding which is largely ignored today. Modern science tends to break objects down in a purely analytical way; by contrast, Goethe was interested in the 'whole' of a phenomenon, and in particular the relationship between the object and the observer.In this illuminating study, Henri Bortoft examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's approach to science. He argues that Goethe's insights, far from belonging to the past, represent the foundation for a future science respectful of nature
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