George Burns
American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896-1996)
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldtwas a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named after him and his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist.
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About the Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldtwas a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named after him and his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist.
He was a linguist who made contributions to the philosophy of language, ethnolinguistics, and to the theory and practice of education. He made a major contribution to the development of liberalism by envisioning education as a means of realizing individual possibility rather than a way of drilling traditional ideas into youth to suit them for an already established occupation or social role. In particular, he was the architect of the Humboldtian education ideal, which was used from the beginning in Prussia as a model for its system of public education, as well as in the United States and Japan. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1822.
8 Quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt
- 1.
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
- 2.
Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
- 4.
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
- 5.
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 HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
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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 HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)
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How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
Wilhelm von HumboldtPrussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767-1835)