Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Difference between revisions

 

== Influence ==

Goethe had a great effect on the nineteenth century. In many respects, he was the originator of many ideas which later became widespread. He produced volumes of poetry, essays, criticism, a theory of [[optics|colours]] and early work on [[evolution]] and [[linguistics]]. He was fascinated by [[mineralogy]], and the mineral [[goethite]] ([[iron oxide]]) is named after him.<ref>[http://webmineral.com/data/Goethite.shtml Webmineral.com]. Retrieved 21 August 2009,</ref> His non-fiction writings, most of which are philosophic and [[aphoristic]] in nature, spurred the development of many philosophers, including [[G.W.F. Hegel|Georg Wilhelm Friedrich&nbsp;Hegel]], [[Arthur Schopenhauer|Schopenhauer]], [[Søren Kierkegaard]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Ernst Cassirer]], [[Carl Gustav Jung|Carl Jung]], and [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]. Along with [[Schiller]], he was one of the leading figures of [[Weimar Classicism]]. [[Arthur Schopenhauer|Schopenhauer]] cited Goethe's novel ''Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'' as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Tristram Shandy]]'', ''[[Julie, or the New Heloise|La Nouvelle Héloïse]]'' and ''[[Don Quixote]]''.<ref name="schopenhauer_art" />