Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, 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, ethnolinguistics and to the theory and practice of education.
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1822. == Biography == Humboldt was born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, and died in Tegel, Province of Brandenburg. In June 1791, he married Caroline von Dacheröden.
They had eight children, of whom five (amongst them Gabriele von Humboldt) survived to adulthood. == Philosopher == 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.
"Wilhelm Von Humboldt: The Theory and Practice of Self-Formation (Bildung), 1791–1810" Journal of the History of Ideas, 44#1 (1983), pp. 55–73.
His house in Rome became a cultural hub, run by Caroline von Humboldt. The section dealing with education was published in the December 1792 issue of the Berlinische Monatsschrift under the title "On public state education".
On the Limits of State Action, first seen in 1792.
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The Prussian King asked him to leave Rome in 1809 and to lead the directorate of education under Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten.
Translation from Greek, 1816. Aischylos' "Agamemnon".
Translation from Greek, 1816. Ueber das vergleichende Sprachstudium in Beziehung auf die verschiedenen Epochen der Sprachentwicklung.
However, the increasingly reactionary policy of the Prussian government made him give up political life in 1819; and from that time forward he devoted himself solely to literature and study. == Linguist == Wilhelm von Humboldt was an adept linguist and studied the Basque language.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820, and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1822. Humboldt died while preparing his greatest work, on the ancient Kawi language of Java, but its introduction was published in 1836 as The Heterogeneity of Language and its Influence on the Intellectual Development of Mankind.
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1822. == Biography == Humboldt was born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, and died in Tegel, Province of Brandenburg. In June 1791, he married Caroline von Dacheröden.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820, and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1822. Humboldt died while preparing his greatest work, on the ancient Kawi language of Java, but its introduction was published in 1836 as The Heterogeneity of Language and its Influence on the Intellectual Development of Mankind.
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, 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, ethnolinguistics and to the theory and practice of education.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820, and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1822. Humboldt died while preparing his greatest work, on the ancient Kawi language of Java, but its introduction was published in 1836 as The Heterogeneity of Language and its Influence on the Intellectual Development of Mankind.
They had eight children, of whom five (amongst them Gabriele von Humboldt) survived to adulthood. == Philosopher == 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.
Trewendt, 1851 (German) Ueber den Geschlechtsunterschied.
I–XVII, Berlin 1903–36.
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, 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, ethnolinguistics and to the theory and practice of education.
Wilhelm von Humboldt A Biography (2 vols., 1978–80, Ohio University Press). Underhill, James W.
Herder, Goethe, Schlegel, Novalis, Humboldt, Schleiermacher, Hölderlin, Paris, Gallimard, Essais, 1984.
Wilhelm von Humboldt, München, Beck, 1990.
" Humboldt ou le sens du language ", Mardaga, 1995. Trabant, Jürgen.
Humboldt et après, P.U.V., 1995. Trabant, Jürgen.
edition 1999 === Collected writings === Humboldt, Wilhelm von.
" Traditions de Humboldt, Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'homme ", Paris, 1999. Trabant, Jürgen.
Ragione e tradizione: il pensiero giuridico ed etico-politico di Wilhelm von Humboldt, Milano, Giuffrè, 2000.
German Liberalism and Wilhelm Von Humboldt: A Reassessment, Mosaic Press, 2002 Sorkin, David.
Wilhelm Von Humboldt's Philosophy of Language, Its Sources and Influence, Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. Sweet, Paul S.
Il processo costituente nel realismo storico di Wilhelm von Humboldt, "Materiali per una storia della cultura giuridica", XXXII–2, 2002, pp.
Humboldt über die baskische Landschaft", RIEV, 48–1: 125–42, Eusko Ikaskuntza, 2003 Berman, Antoine.
" Quand l'Europe oublie Herder: Humboldt et les langues", Revue Germanique Internationale, 2003, 20, 153–65 (mise à jour avril 2005) Valentin, Jean-Marie.
" Quand l'Europe oublie Herder: Humboldt et les langues", Revue Germanique Internationale, 2003, 20, 153–65 (mise à jour avril 2005) Valentin, Jean-Marie.
Hizkuntza eta pentsamendua, Bilbo, UEU, 2007.
Le cauchemar de Humboldt: les réformes de l'enseignement supérieur européen, Paris, Raisons d'agir éditions, 2008.
Underhill (Humboldt, Worldview & Language, 2009), on account of his concept of what he called Weltansicht, the linguistic worldview, with Weltanschauung being translated simply as 'worldview', a term associated with ideologies and cultural mindsets in both German and English.
Humboldt, Worldview and Language, (Edinburgh University Press, 2009). Underhill, James W.
German Philosophy of Language: From Schlegel to Hegel and Beyond, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Ethnolinguistics and Cultural Concepts: truth, love, hate & war (Cambridge University Press, 2012). ===In other languages === Azurmendi, Joxe.
Trabant. In Charles Taylor's important summative work, The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity, (Taylor, 2016) von Humboldt is given credit, along with Johann Georg Hamann and Johann Gottfried Herder, for inspiring Taylor's "HHH" approach to the philosophy of language, emphasizing the creative power and cultural specificity of language. == Bibliography == Socrates and Plato on the Divine (orig.
Humboldt – Brief information page from the Acton Institute Works by Wilhelm von Humboldt – Partial list from Zeno.org The German classics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (two sections by Humboldt) Wilhelm von Humboldt, The Sphere and Duties of Government – passages (1792) Thinking Language: Wilhelm von Humboldt Now Event Videos, Conference Papers recorded at Queen Mary University of London, April 2016, organiser Marko Pajević.
"Thinking Language: Wilhelm von Humboldt Now" Special Issue of Forum for Modern Language Studies 53/1, 2017 Schultheis, Franz.
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