Reason is applied to what is developing, practical understanding to what is developed. The former does not ask, What is the Purpose? and the latter does not ask, What is the source? Reason takes pleasure in development; practical understanding tries to hold things fast so that it can use them.


Scientific Studies (Volume 12), Chapter VIII (p. 308)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Reason is applied to what is developing, practical understanding to what is developed. The former does not ask, What is the Purpose? and the latter...

Reason is applied to what is developing, practical understanding to what is developed. The former does not ask, What is the Purpose? and the latter...

Reason is applied to what is developing, practical understanding to what is developed. The former does not ask, What is the Purpose? and the latter...

Reason is applied to what is developing, practical understanding to what is developed. The former does not ask, What is the Purpose? and the latter...