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The Goethe Library

The Goethe Library

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Enter a library of striving souls, restless hearts, and luminous thought. The Goethe Library presents the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read in full, inviting listeners into worlds where love contends with duty, nature speaks in symbols, and the human spirit reaches ever onward toward wisdom, beauty, and the infinite.Public domain
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  • Theory of Colours Part II Section XIV - Conditions Under Which the Appearance of Colour Increases

    Theory of Colours Part II Section XIV - Conditions Under Which the Appearance of Colour Increases
    Jul 6 2026
    In which the interplay of glass elements in achromatic object-glasses is carefully examined, revealing how colours emerge and vanish through combinations of convex and concave lenses; the observer is then invited to consider the intriguing effects when subjective and objective refractions meet, demonstrating their mutual neutralisation and complex modulation of the sun’s image. Reflecting on the detailed investigations, a thoughtful pause is taken to justify the thoroughness of these inquiries, hopeful that future minds may distil such complexities into simpler truths.
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    5 mins
  • Theory of Colours Part II Subjective Experiments - Sections XII and XIII

    Theory of Colours Part II Subjective Experiments - Sections XII and XIII
    Jul 5 2026
    In which the delicate gradations and separations of coloured appearances are explored with attentive care, revealing how proximity to the refracting medium alters the vividness and blending of colours. The discourse further unfolds varied methods to produce and observe coloured images objectively, culminating in experiments that elegantly demonstrate achromatism and hyperchromatism through the interplay of prisms and coloured glasses.
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    7 mins
  • Theory of Colours Part II Section XI - Diotropical Colours of the Second Class - Refraction

    Theory of Colours Part II Section XI - Diotropical Colours of the Second Class - Refraction
    Jul 4 2026
    In which the delicate interplay of light and dark boundaries, as they traverse and overlie each other through prisms and apertures, reveals the conditions under which colour manifests and intensifies in both subjective and objective observations. The subtle gradations and movements of these coloured fringes upon luminous images, particularly those cast by the sun, are elegantly traced and diagrammed, demonstrating that the spectrum is neither static nor uniform but a living phenomenon shaped by displacement, perspective, and medium.
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    8 mins
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