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Omission of Goethe's Polemic Against Newton

When
1840
Where
Place of publication not stated in supplied passages
Part of
First English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours published

In translating the text into English in 1840, Eastlake omitted the content of Goethe's polemic against Newton from the published translation.

When Charles Eastlake translated Goethe's text into English in 1840, he omitted the content of Goethe's polemic against Newton. This means the English edition did not carry the full argumentative content of the German original, even as the translation was otherwise praised as a faithful and more readable reproduction of Goethe's work.

Sources

  1. Theory of Colours Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
  2. Charles Lock Eastlake Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09

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