The Wholeness Of Nature: Goethe's Way Of Science by Henri Bortoft

The scientific work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) represents a style of learning and understanding which is largely ignored today. The approach of modern science is largely detached, intellectual and analytical, and it is increasingly recognized that many of our contemporary problems stem from the resulting divorce from nature. By contrast, Goethe's way of science pursued understanding through the experience of the 'authentic wholeness' of what was observed. Working with the intuitive mode of consciousness, Goethe aimed at an encounter with the whole phenomenon in its relationship with the observer. In his way of seeing, rather than dividing merely in order to categorize, we should investigate the parts of an object in order to reveal the true nature of the whole. In this invaluable study, Henri Bortoft examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's ways of science.

Publisher:	Floris Books
Year:	2013
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780863152382
Condition:	Good
Description:	Soiling to bottom of text block; pencil markings in first part of book.

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SKU: 1594797
Location: Science