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Wek<strong>of</strong><br />
philosophe<br />
Johanwolfgangvon<strong>Goethe</strong>
Johan<br />
Wolfgang<br />
aphilosopher <strong>of</strong>enlightenmentedition<br />
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:JOHANN W OLFGANG VON GOETHE<br />
von<strong>Goethe</strong><br />
LiteratureandScience.<br />
Itisanunfamilarcombinationtous.How<br />
canthesesubjectscanbemixedupharmoniusly?Forthiswek,Wek<strong>of</strong><strong>Philosophe</strong><br />
metJohannwolfgangvon<strong>Goethe</strong>,whois<br />
anGermanwriter,butalsoworkedasa<br />
scientistandmathematician.<br />
Whoisthis<br />
philosophe<br />
JohannWolfgangvon<strong>Goethe</strong>,whowas<br />
borninfrankfurt,in1749,wasONEOFthe<br />
FAMOUSGermanwriterinromanticeraWHO<br />
WRotedrama,orpoem.Hisliteracywork<br />
wascontributedonthepoliticmovement.<br />
Besideswriting,Heisalsoknownasone<strong>of</strong><br />
thephilosopherwh<strong>of</strong>olowedGermanen-<br />
lightenment,especialyinscientificway.he<br />
wasinterestedinnaturescience,andmathematic,especialyphysic,geology,ormeteorology
aphilosopher <strong>of</strong>enlightenmentedition :JOHANN W OLFGANG VON GOETHE
Romanticisim,<br />
Howromanticitis!<br />
<strong>Goethe</strong>wasanuncommonfigurein17thcentury.hewasin<br />
holyromanempireinhisearlyyears-hisparentswereborn<br />
fromrichfamily,soheobviouslyhadt<strong>of</strong>olowhisparent’s<br />
inheritance,astheydid.Whenhewasbecomingadolescence,<br />
Hegoteducationsfromhistutoruntilhebecame16,withhis<br />
father’sstrictpatern<strong>of</strong>learning,especialyaboutthelaw.<br />
Finaly,in1865,heleftfromhisparentsandtostudylawin<br />
Leipzig.<br />
'C<br />
'C<br />
A<br />
Atfirst,<strong>Goethe</strong>wasjustone<strong>of</strong>thenormalromanticism<br />
writer:everythingwasbasedonontheemotion,orfeling,<br />
andsangaboutlove.(Buthisworkwasmostlyaboutthe<br />
womenbetrayinghisman.Itisnoticeablethathewashighly<br />
inspiredbyhisexperience.)Thetransition<strong>of</strong>histhoughtwas<br />
startedfromchosinganunfamilarsubject,whichisthelaw<br />
thatconsideredjewishreligion.whilehelearningseveral<br />
languagesandliteraturearoundtheworld,hecouldunderstandthenationalculture.<br />
Later,withtheseknowledgeandidea,heleduptosome<br />
movementwithhisfriend,Schiler.
ause,baby,nowwegotbadblod<br />
Youknowitusedtobemadlove<br />
Sotakealokwhatyou'vedone<br />
ause,baby,nowwegotbadblod<br />
♫<br />
Nowwegotproblems<br />
ndIdon'tthinkwecansolvethem<br />
Youmadearealydepcut<br />
And,baby,nowwegotbadblod<br />
SheBetrayedme!<br />
Thiswoman<br />
This<br />
guy<br />
Iftaylorswiftisinourpresentto<br />
talkabouthercomplicatedlove,then<br />
goetheisin18thcenturytodoso.
STurMundDrang<br />
;alate18thcenturyGermanliterarymovementcharacterizedbyworkscontainingrousing<br />
actionandhighemotionalismthat<strong>of</strong>tendealwiththeindividual'srevoltagainstsociety<br />
“Knowingis<br />
notenough;<br />
wemustapply.<br />
Wilingis<br />
notenough;<br />
wemustdo.”<br />
True<br />
Knowledge?<br />
Now,some<strong>of</strong>thepeoplemight<br />
thinkthat<strong>Goethe</strong>wasquitediferentwithotherphilospheswh<strong>of</strong>ollowedenlightenment.Whydidhis<br />
most<strong>of</strong>studieschalengedonother’swork.Itwascommoninenlightenment,asvoltairewrotesatires<br />
butwhydidheatemptedtoapproachindiferentway?One<strong>of</strong>the<br />
reasonwasthathedidn’tfolow<br />
therationalism,whichwasthe<br />
basicideainage<strong>of</strong>reason.Hehad<br />
hisownmovementcaled‘Sturmun<br />
drang’.thenhowcanwesaythathe<br />
contrbutedontheenlightenment?<br />
Dowehavetosaythathewastotalydiferentwiththeelightenment?
J_W_GOETHE<br />
I<br />
hw<br />
I’m intheRomanCompagnarightnow,lol<br />
#travel#journey#daily#true#knowledge<br />
#strumunddrang#f4f#l4l<br />
<strong>Goethe</strong>’s<br />
Italian<br />
Journey<br />
fortrueknowledge
n1786to1788,<strong>Goethe</strong>traveledaroundItalyt<strong>of</strong>ulfilhis<br />
ope.Thegoal<strong>of</strong>hisjourneywasreachingtoRome,which<br />
astheorigin<strong>of</strong>HolyRomanEmpire.<br />
Hehadworkedinhereinhislife.<br />
Thisjourneycanbechosenasone<strong>of</strong><br />
theimportantthingsthat<strong>Goethe</strong>didbecauseheclearlyshowedtheidea<strong>of</strong><br />
strumunddrang.(canbetranslatedinto<br />
dramaticterm,“Stormandstres”)this<br />
movementcanbecomparedwithrationalism-whiletheenlightenmentconsid<br />
eredaboutlogicandreasont<strong>of</strong>indthe<br />
answer,stormandstresarguedthat<br />
theanswercanbefoundbyfaithandexperiencing.<strong>Goethe</strong>waslivinginromantic<br />
era,andhedesiredtobe“romantic”.<br />
Basedonthisidea,hebelievedthathe<br />
hadtousehissense,suchashearing,<br />
seing,togetthetrueknowledge.<br />
Vesuvius<br />
Pompei<br />
Basedonhisinterest,whichisgeology,<br />
herevisitedtheplacethatkepsancientart,suchasvesuvius,pompei,<br />
andherculaneum.
Natureisimperfect,asour<br />
lifeisimperfect.<br />
<strong>Goethe</strong>believedthatournature<br />
cannotbeperfectbecauseourlifeis<br />
notperfectaswel,butpeoplecan<br />
makeitbeterwithdevelopingour<br />
knowledge.most<strong>of</strong>hisworkswere<br />
arguingaboutotherphilosophes’<br />
work,especialynewtonianism,which<br />
folowstheprinciples<strong>of</strong>IsacNewton’swork.<br />
ThemainexamplewasThetheory<br />
<strong>of</strong>color:herefutedontheexperiementthatusedaprismtoshowrays<br />
<strong>of</strong>severalcolorswhenitmetsa<br />
whitelight.Heshowedthattheprism<br />
onlymadewhitecoloronwhitelight.<br />
However,theevidenceandreason<br />
ththatheprovidedweresocomplicated,andspecificconditionshouldbe<br />
required<br />
Also,itwasrevealedthathis<br />
ideawascamefromthemisunderstanding<strong>of</strong>Newton’stheory.Due<br />
tothelimitation,hisarguement<br />
couldnotrecognizedbythescientistsinpresent,however,theidea<br />
ledtotheestablishment<strong>of</strong><br />
naturelight,andlearningdiferentkinds<strong>of</strong>area,whichisthe<br />
thoery<strong>of</strong>wave<strong>of</strong>thelight.
1.<br />
ThEinspiration<strong>of</strong><br />
hisfirstdrama<br />
In1773,Johannwolfgangwrotehisfirst<br />
dramacaledGoetzvonBerlichingen,<br />
anditbecameone<strong>of</strong>hismasterpiecein<br />
literature.Buthow couldheinspirethis<br />
ideafrom?Heclaimsthatitwasinspired<br />
from Shakespeare,whohasbeenrememberedasone<strong>of</strong>thegreatestwriterin<br />
Britishhistory.<br />
2.<br />
Langaugeskil<br />
Hestudiedtheusualschoolsubjects<br />
Latin,Greek,French,Italianinhischildhood.<br />
5Sec<br />
johann<br />
ifyouarepasionatew<br />
5specialfactstha<br />
3.<br />
LOVE-FEVER
ets<strong>of</strong><br />
4. hisfamily<br />
Hisfamilywasquiteclosetowealthgroup:<br />
hisfatherdidn’tneedtoworkbecause<strong>of</strong>a<br />
solidinheritance,andhismotherwasthe<br />
daughter<strong>of</strong>senior<strong>of</strong>icial.<strong>Goethe</strong>wasthe<br />
eldestsonbetween7siblings.Withthese<br />
adventages,hecouldstudylaw ashis<br />
father.<br />
wolfgang<br />
iththisphilosophe,hereare<br />
tyouhavenotheardbefore<br />
5.<br />
hisideaaboutslavery
etc
COUNThis<br />
life/work
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