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Since the first programmatic drafts devoted to morphology, Goethe establishes a very strong connection between the birth of the new science, a dynamic consideration of form, and the intent to reach the description of the procedures through which the form itself is produced, transformed, and perceived. In fact, the first private entry dedicated to morphology defines it as “Lehre von der Gestalt, der Bildung und Umbildung der organischen Körper”

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Tedesco, S., Vercellone, F. (2020). Formation . In: Vercellone, F., Tedesco, S. (eds) Glossary of Morphology. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51324-5_43

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