In 1809, German national poet and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe provoked outrage with his novel Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften). Many readers were horrified by its almost playful treatment of adultery, which still carries a charge. But what makes it worthy of reappraisal is how it puts science at the centre of human concerns - and humans at the centre of science. Goethe emphasized the primacy of human perception in understanding nature as a holistic entity, in contrast to the quantitative methods and mechanical Universe of the Enlightenment era.
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机译：1809年，德国民族诗人和博学专家约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德（Johann Wolfgang von Goethe）的小说《选修权》（Die Wahlverwandtschaften）激怒了人们。它对通奸的几乎好玩的对待使许多读者感到震惊，这种通奸仍然要收费。但是，值得重新评估的是它如何将科学置于人类关注的中心，而人类则置于科学的中心。歌德强调人类知觉在将自然理解为整体实体方面的首要地位，与启蒙时代的定量方法和机械宇宙相反。
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