Goethe and the history of science

Abstract

As expected for an authentic interdisciplinary view of the subject, it isdifficult to establish a rigorously outlined separation of the twofold relation between Goethe and the History of Science: how History of Science views Goethe’s science? What is Goethe’s view of the History of Science? Studyof scientific, philosophical, ethical, psychological, historical issues of Goethe’s work still has much to offer. Although there is an internal coherence, which allows us to make our choices like chess players, these studies reserve us many reflections and surprises.