[HN Gopher] Goethe's Colors: A Visual Catalogue
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       Goethe's Colors: A Visual Catalogue
        
       Author : seesawtron
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2020-07-25 10:15 UTC (12 hours ago)
        
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       | adzm wrote:
       | Despite being a fan of Goethe's writing and poetry, I somehow
       | never knew about his work with color. I find this area
       | fascinating, especially how it relates to language. What an
       | interesting read to find on HN.
        
         | arendtio wrote:
         | I heard, that he though of his scientific achievements much
         | higher than of his poetry. Too bad, as today we think that his
         | poetry was much better than his science ;-)
        
         | seesawtron wrote:
         | He worked in several fields like many "scientists" did back in
         | those times. He was not merely a philosopher or a writer but
         | also a statesman, anatomist, botanist and physicist.
         | 
         | I believe the specialisation of professions is merely a recent
         | (100-200 years maybe?) phenomenon. We become too absorbed into
         | our professional identities of being a programmer or biologist
         | or engineer and tend to forget that we are of course more than
         | just our job and have freedom to invest our intellectual rigour
         | into anything and everything.
        
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