Richards, Robert J.  1942- <br/><br/>
The romantic conception of life  science and philosophy in the age of Goethe /  [electronic resource] : 
Robert J. Richards. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  c2002. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 587 p.) :  ill. (some col.) 
 - Science and its conceptual foundations .
 - Science and its conceptual foundations. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-571) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> & Quot;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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226712185 (electronic bk.) 0226712184 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Romanticism--Germany.<br/>German literature--History and criticism.--18th century<br/>German literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Literature and science--Germany.<br/>Philosophy, German.<br/>Science.<br/>Natural history.<br/>Romantisme--Allemagne.<br/>Littérature allemande--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle<br/>Littérature allemande--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle<br/>Littérature et sciences--Allemagne.<br/>Philosophie allemande.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German.<br/>Natuurwetenschappen.<br/>Filosofie.<br/>Romantiek.<br/>Romantik.<br/>Philosophie.<br/>Literatur.<br/>Naturwissenschaften.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Deutschland.<br/>Deutsch.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PT361  / .R53 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>830.9/145