Goethe's Conception of the World Author:Rudolf Steiner 1928. The thoughts expressed in this book are intended to set forth the fundamental principles which the author observed in Goethe's conception of the world. If we wish to understand Goethe's world conception, we must not be content with simply listening to what he says about it in isolated phrases, but to take the ideas found here and there and... more » paint a larger picture.« less