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Denn dasjenige, was Goethe’sche Weltanschauung ist, heute schon hineinzutragen etwa in die physikalische und chemische Anschauung, das ist schier eine Unmöglichkeit, weil einfach die Physiker und Chemiker heute dazu verurteilt sind, durch alles das, was in Physik und Chemie lebt, das von Goethe Ausgehende geradezu als eine Art Unsinn anzusehen, als etwas, wobei sie sich nichts vorstellen können. Und ich meinte damals, man müsse abwarten, bis Physik und Chemie durch ihre eigene Forschung gewissermaßen geführt werde einzusehen, wie der Grundbau ihres wissenschaftlichen Strebens sich selber ad absurdum führt. 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