A Comparison of Selected Poetic & Scientific Works of Albrecht Von Haller

In this book the author investigates the parallels between Haller's poetic and scientific writings by comparing selected poems from Haller's -Versuch Schweizerischer Gedichte- with various scientific works, with respect to subject matter, structure, and style. The themes discussed in the four chapters are: nature and landscape description; truth, reason, knowledge, and their limits; theodicy, infinity, and the search for original causes. Also, a specific philosophical problem, theodicy in the poem -Uber den Ursprung des Ubels-, is compared to a specific scientific problem, the nature of irritability and sensibility in -De partibus corporis humani sensilibus et irritabilibus-, with emphasis on Haller's working method."