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| | The Scientists: Goethe. |
 | | It is difficult to know where to place Goethe: he was a German writer, the leader of the German Romantic movement; he was a philosopher; but, foremost, he was a scientist; and, so, I place him here, in these pages, amongst the other classic scientists. |
 | | As a scientist, Goethe carried on extensive research, especially in plant biology and in optics writing "On the Theory Colors, 1810." Goethe looked at things in a different manner, different than those thinkers up to his time; "he always attempted to see the individual phenomenon as part of an organic, developing whole..." ( |
 | | Every insect, every leaf has something to say." [Crabb Robinson's diary.]) Goethe's poetic works are characterized by an interest in the natural, organic development of things, rather than in any idealistic schemes." Goethe was not in agreement with other authors, such as: Hölderlin, Kleist, and Heine. |
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