Abstract

SAUCEDO LASTRA, Fernando. Convergencias y divergencias: la recepción moderna de la obra científica de Goethe. En-clav. pen [online]. 2012, vol.6, n.11, pp.11-25. ISSN 2594-1100.

This paper analyzes the controversy created by Goethe's scientific writings all through the twentieth century, and discusses its varied interpretations by philosophers and historians of literature and science, among which stands out that of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner. This overview reveals a common misconception: there supposed to be a divide between Goethe as a poet and Goethe as a science man, although such separation is impossible to conceive in Goethe's thought, and his scientific writings are not more than superstition and poetic fantasy. The critique of such a mistaken notion permits to reevaluate the goethean ideal of integration between the artist and the scientist, between Science and Humanities, an endeavor that recent trends of thought, like the Third Culture, are debating and validating today.

Keywords : Goethe's scientific work; Rudolf Steiner; Third Culture; nature; spirit; humanities; science.

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