Preface to the New Edition, 1918

Preface to the First Edition, 1897

Introduction

I.
GOETHE'S PLACE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
WESTERN THOUGHT

Goethe and Schiller

The Platonic World View

The Consequences of the Platonic World View

Goethe and the Platonic World View

Personality and World View

The Metamorphosis of World Phenomena

II.
GOETHE'S VIEW ON THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT
OF LIVING BEINGS

Metamorphosis

III.
THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE WORLD OF COLORS

The Phenomena of the World of Colors

IV.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY
OF THE PHENOMENA OF EARTH AND AIR

Thoughts about the Developmental History of the Earth

Observations about Atmospheric Phenomena

V.

GOETHE AND HEGEL

Epilogue to the New Edition of 1918