The Other Mind of Europe: Goethe as a Scientist

by J.P.S. Uberoi

While Goethe is generally dismissed as a scientist, this book provides a new reading of the German poet's work in botany and optical physics, arguing that Goethe's 'non-standard' or Paracelsian conception of scientific method is an important and still relevant alternative to the orthodox
scientific tradition. The author examines both Goethe's sources and his critics, including Helmholtz, Heisenberg and Pauli in physics, Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein in philosophy, and Rudolf Steiner in occultism. This unique work will interest researchers and academicians in the history and
philosophy of science.

94 pages, Hardcover

First published November 21, 1985

About the author

Jitendra Pal Singh Uberoi