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Wilhelm von Humboldt

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How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.


— Wilhelm von Humboldt


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If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.


— Wilhelm von Humboldt


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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.


— Wilhelm von Humboldt


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Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.


— Wilhelm von Humboldt


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The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.


— Wilhelm von Humboldt


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About Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Did you know about Wilhelm von Humboldt?

This distinction was cleared up by one of the leading contemporary German Humboldt scholars Jürgen Trabant in his works in both German and French. In his essay on the 'Theory of Human Education' he answered the question as to the 'demands which must be made of a nation of an age and of the human race'. 283).

Humboldt was born in Potsdam Margraviate of Brandenburg and died in Tegel Province of Brandenburg. He is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education. In particular he is widely recognized as having been the architect of the Prussian education system which was used as a model for education systems in countries such as the United States and Japan.

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