** "Goethe's Theory of Colours" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a 1800s study on color, offering a unique perspective that contrasts sharply with the scientific beliefs of the time. It looks at the nature and how we see colors via philosophical ideas. The book starts with opening ideas, revealing the connection between light and color, highlighting observation over normal scientific views. It also explains how light and dark affect how people see shapes. Colors are deeply connected to both how our bodies respond and what we see around us. **
Goethe's Theory of Colours
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
** Step into a world where the way we see color challenges science.
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About the AuthorJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and color.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and color.
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