The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe

by Robert J. Richards

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226712117
• ISBN13: 9780226712116
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"