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  1. The romantic conception of life
    science and philosophy in the age of Goethe
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    "All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    "All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn't be uncovered through rationalistic philosophy and science alone. In this wide-ranging work, Robert J. Richards shows how the Romantic conception of the world influenced (and was influenced by) both the lives of the people who held it and the development of nineteenth-century science. Integr.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226712185; 0226712184
    RVK Categories: CC 6100 ; GK 2554
    DDC Categories: 500; 100; 830
    Series: Science and its conceptual foundations
    Subjects: Romantik; Philosophie; Deutsch; Literatur; Naturwissenschaften
    Other subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 587 pages), Illustrations (some color)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-571) and index

  2. The romantic conception of life
    science and philosophy in the age of Goethe
    Published: ©2002
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0226712109; 0226712184; 9780226712109; 9780226712185
    Series: Science and its conceptual foundations
    Subjects: Science; Natural history; Romantisme / Allemagne; Littérature allemande / 18e siècle / Histoire et critique; Littérature allemande / 19e siècle / Histoire et critique; Littérature et sciences / Allemagne; Philosophie allemande; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; German literature; Literature and science; Philosophy, German; Romanticism; Natuurwetenschappen; Filosofie; Romantiek; Romantik; Philosophie; Literatur; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Philosophie; Romanticism; German literature; German literature; Literature and science; Philosophy, German; Romantik; Deutsch; Literatur; Naturwissenschaften; Philosophie
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 587 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-571) and index

    Introduction : A most happy encounter -- pt. 1. The early Romantic movement in literature, philosophy, and science. The early Romantic movement -- Schelling : the poetry of nature -- Denouement : farewell to Jena -- pt. 2. Scientific foundations of the Romantic conception of life. Early theories of development : Blumenbach and Kant -- Kielmeyer and the organic powers of nature -- Johann Christian Reil's Romantic theories of life and mind, or rhapsodies on a cat-piano -- Schelling's dynamic evolutionism -- Conclusion : Mechanism, teleology, and evolution -- pt. 3. Goethe, a genius for poetry, morphology, and women. The erotic authority of nature -- Goethe's scientific revolution -- Conclusion : The history of a life in art and science -- pt. 4. Epilogue. The Romantic conception of life -- Darwin's Romantic biology

    "All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn't be uncovered through rationalistic philosophy and science alone. In this wide-ranging work, Robert J. Richards shows how the Romantic conception of the world influenced (and was influenced by) both the lives of the people who held it and the development of nineteenth-century science. Integr