# Goethe — The Origin of Species character guide

> Goethe in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Goethe

**First appearance:** 0001-an-historical-sketch-of-the-progress-of-opinion-on-the-origin-of-species-previously-to-the-publication-of-the-first-edition-of-this-work

## Who they are

A poet and naturalist who speculated on plant metamorphosis.

## In the story

### [Compensation and Economy of Growth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/compensation-and-economy-of-growth)

Expressed the law of compensation as 'in order to spend on one side, nature is forced to economise on the other side.'

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/endnotes)

Noted as an extreme partisan of similar views on the origin of species, writing in 1794-1795.

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