Goethe and Hegel

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Published: Sep 24, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/sas.776
Gustav Auernheimer
University of Marburg
Abstract
This article is dedicated to two thinkers who personify the culmination of the German classic period: Goethe in literature and Hegel in philosophy. The introduction deals with their reception in Greece, while the main part describes the German perception of these thinkers during the 19th century, as well as the personal relationship between them. It also offers a comparison of their work in three domains: the relation of subject and object, the understanding of nature and the role of language. If an understanding on the central subject of the nature was possible despite all the differences between Goethe and Hegel, this was due to the fact that neither wished to be a natural scientist in the modern sense of the term. They have reviewed issues that have much in common with the motives of current ecological movements, criticizing for instance the scientific evaluation of human interventions in nature.
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