Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Goethe's Color Theories/not facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Colours#cite_note-Goethe_1995-4

Goethe's Color Wheel
It is hard to present Goethe's "theory", since he refrains from setting up any actual theory; "its intention is to portray rather than explain" (Scientific Studies[5]). For Goethe, "the highest is to understand that all fact is really theory. The blue of the sky reveals to us the basic law of color. Search nothing beyond the phenomena, they themselves are the theory."[6]
5. Goethe, Johann (October 1995). Miller, Douglas. ed. Scientific Studies (Goethe: The Collected Works, Vol. 12), p.57. Princeton University Press.^ Quoted in translation in: Hughes, Peter (1992). "Performing Theory: Wittgenstein and the Trouble with Shakespeare". Comparative Criticism14: 85.
6..Quoted in translation in: Hughes, Peter (1992). "Performing Theory: Wittgenstein and the Trouble with Shakespeare". Comparative Criticism14: 85.



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