Goethe's Science of Living Form
The Artistic Stages
Published on 2. August 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-932776-35-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a beautifully illustrated book which presents a new perspective on nature. Hoffman takes the four classical elements of Earth ,Water, Air and Fire, and shows how each corresponds to a unique approach to understanding the natural world. His four stages of scientific enquiry combine scholarly acuity with artistic insight, and make use of analytical science, mechanics, sculpture, music and poetry.
Reviews / Votes
'The reader will find much to intrigue and may agree that the Goethean approach to landscape if adequately appreciated (my emphasis) amounts to a 'revolution in ecological understanding'.'-- Martin Lockley, The Scientific and Medical Network Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
52 b/w and 8 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-932776-35-8 (9780932776358)
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Persons
Nigel Hoffmann was born in Sydney, Australia. He founded the magazine Transforming Art which he edited for ten years; one of the main themes explored in this publication was the relationship of art to science. He has taught a number of short courses in Goethean science, and in recent years has taught at Waldorf Schools in Melbourne and in Basel, Switzerland. where he currently resides.
Content
Art and the Emergence of an Authentic Organic Science
Goethe and the Phenomenological Method
Toward an Authentic Method in the Life Sciences
A Goethean Methodology through the Elemental Modes
Earth Cognition - Physical Thinking - the Mechanical
Water Cognition - Imagination - the Sculptural
Air Cognition - Inspiration - the Musical
Fire Cognition - Intuition - the Poetical
Evolution as Creative Process
The Landscape and its Organs
The Human Being and the Evolution of Landscape
The Yabby Ponds: A Goethean Study of Place
Goethe and the Phenomenological Method
Toward an Authentic Method in the Life Sciences
A Goethean Methodology through the Elemental Modes
Earth Cognition - Physical Thinking - the Mechanical
Water Cognition - Imagination - the Sculptural
Air Cognition - Inspiration - the Musical
Fire Cognition - Intuition - the Poetical
Evolution as Creative Process
The Landscape and its Organs
The Human Being and the Evolution of Landscape
The Yabby Ponds: A Goethean Study of Place