The Perennial Alternative

Episodes in the Reception of Goethe's Scientific Work

Frederick Amrine

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Adonis Press
16 March 2021

Biography: general; Biography: science, technology & engineering; Philosophy; Ecological science, the Biosphere

Series: Adonis Press

"The Perennial Alternative is the ripe fruit of a long, lively, in-depth exploration of Goethe's scientific work. Anyone who has begun to realize the significance of Goethe's scientific approach for us today will find this collection of brilliant essays richly rewarding.

Frederick Amrine brings us up to date on the current reception of Goethe's scientific work and how it relates to the new paradigm of emergence and to such contemporary thinkers as Thomas Nagel, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gilles Deleuze, and Thomas Kuhn.

In a fascinating essay on the importance of Goethe's Italian Journey for the development of his organic thinking, the author digs deep into his intimate knowledge of Goethe's biography, shedding new light on Goethe's relationship with Spinoza's philosophy and with Newton's optics.

In ""The Metamorphosis of the Scientist,"" he articulates a central aspect of Goethean science--namely, that scientists, like all of organic nature, evolve. Their understanding of the world evolves with them in the sense that, as Goethe put it, ""Every new object, well-observed and contemplated, opens up a new organ of perception in us.""

This volume also includes insightful essays on the work of contemporary Goethean scientists Jochen Bockem�hl, Michael Wilson, and Wolfgang Schad, as well as an excellent introduction to Schad's lifework, Threefoldness in Humans and Mammals."

By: Frederick Amrine
Imprint: Adonis Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780932776655
ISBN 10: 0932776655
Series: Adonis Press
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 16 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frederick Amrine is associate professor of German at the University of Michigan. He holds advanced degrees from Cambridge University and Harvard. His publications include Goethe and the Sciences: A Reappraisal, The Bildungsroman, and Literature and Science as Modes of Expression. He has translated several works by Rudolf Steiner.