The Rudolf Steiner Archive

This edition of Goethe's World View is a new translation by William Lindeman from Goethe's Weltanschauung, published by Verlag der Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland, 1963.

The Cover Graphic form is by Rudolf Steiner (originally as a study for the book Truth and Science). The layout and lettering are by Peter Stebbing.

• Preface to the New Edition, 1918
• Preface to the First Edition
• Introduction

1. 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
2. Goethe's View on the Nature and Development of Living Beings
• Metamorphosis
3. The Contemplation of the World of Colors
• The Phenomena of the World of Colors
4. Thoughts About the Developmental History of the Phenomena of earth and Air
• Thoughts about the Developmental History of the Earth
• Observations about Atmospheric Phenomena
5. Goethe and Hegel

• Epilogue to the New Edition of 1918