Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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| Born |
22 June 1767 Potsdam, Prussia |
| Died | 8 April 1835 (aged 67) Tegel, Prussia |
| Nationality | Prussian |
| Alma mater |
University of Frankfurt (Oder) (no degree) University of Göttingen (no degree) |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School |
Berlin Romanticism Romantic linguistics |
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Main interests
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Philosophy of language |
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Notable ideas
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Language as a rule-governed system Humboldtian model of higher education |
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949 (and also after his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist).
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 Humboldtian education ideal, which was used from the beginning in Prussia as a model for its system of education and eventually in countries such as the US and Japan.
His younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, was famous as a geographer, naturalist, and explorer.
Humboldt was born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, and died in Tegel, Province of Brandenburg.
In June 1791, he married Karoline von Dacheröden. They had eight children, of whom five (including Gabriele) survived to adulthood.
Humboldt was a philosopher; he wrote The Limits of State Action in 1791–1792 (though it was not published until 1850, after Humboldt's death), one of the boldest defences of the liberties of the Enlightenment. It influenced John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty through which von Humboldt's ideas became known in the English-speaking world. Humboldt outlined an early version of what Mill would later call the "harm principle". His house in Rome became a cultural hub, run by Charlotte Humboldt.
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