Fink explores how Goethe's scientific activities contributed to the growing literature in the history and philosophy of science.

of him in like measure within myself, that is my highest wish. This noble individual was not conscious of the fact that at that very moment the divine within hi

Examines Goethe's neglected but sizable body of scientific work, considers the philosophical foundations of his approach, and applies his method to the real wor

"In the course of every human life, moments come -- often so quietly as to be almost unrecognized -- that are so subtle and unobtrusive, they pass without one b