Goethe as a Scientist: Botanical and Anatomical Discoveries on Lake Garda
When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe arrived on Lake Garda in September 1786, his journey was guided as much by scientific inquiry as by literary passion: Goethe as a Scientist sought to understand the living morphology of nature. Immersing himself in the sub-Mediterranean flora of Torbole and Malcesine, Goethe observed how descending southward altered the structure…