
Wilhelm (Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand) von Humboldt, German man of letters extraordinary, close friend of the poets Goethe and Schiller, whose life's work encompasses the areas of philosophy, literature, linguistics, anthropology, education, and political thought as well statesmanship was born in Potsdam on June 23, 1767 and died at Tegel near Berlin on April 8, 1835. Although there has always been strong interest in Humboldt expressed by political and cultural historians and educationists in Germany, it is only in recent decades that his contributions to the formation of modern linguistics, to semiotics, hermeneutics and language philosophy have given rise to renewed attention to his pioneering achievements in these areas, even though much of his work in linguistics has remained unknown or unexplored until recently. Yet numerous linguists beginning with Pott and Steinthal in Germany and the American Brinton in the nineteenth century to Boas, Sapir, Bühler, Weisgerber, and Chomsky in the twentieth century derived or claimed to have derived important insights from Humboldt. But their interest in Humboldt was partial at best and limited to those aspects of his work that could be utilized to reinforce or to legitimize their own projects and methodologies. It is quite misleading to associate the term “Humboldtian linguistics” or “Humboldtian language philosophy” with any one specific direction, for example with the Whorfian thesis of “linguistic relativity” or with Chomsky's opposite notion of a universalist “generative grammar” because these tend to ignore other equally or more important dimensions of Humboldt's work. After his death in 1835 his linguistic work was effectively disregarded by mainstream linguists in Germany whose primary interest was focused on the Indo-European language group Thus a prominent figure like Franz Bopp would maintain that the languages of the South Pacific represented but decayed forms of Sanskrit despite the fact that Humboldt had already thoroughly disproved this opinion in his Kavi Work and demonstrated that these languages constituted what is called today the Austronesian language group (Mueller-Vollmer 1991). Even the linguist Heyman Steinthal who published in 1884 a two volume edition of Humboldt's writings entitled Die Sprachphilosophischen Werke Wilhelm's von Humboldt (Humboldt's works in language philosophy) (see “Works”, bibliography) in his introduction and commentaries criticises Humboldt from a reductionist psychologistic position and neither here or anywhere in his other writings made a serious attempt to discuss Humboldt's own arguments and to investigate his actual philosophical position. In France, on the other hand, we find throughout the 19th century a comparatively sustained interest in Humboldt that was confined chiefly to his work in the Asian languages and to his Basque studies. As a member of the Société Asiatique in Paris he published a number of articles in the society's official journal, the Journal Asiatique (For a list of these articles, see Bösch 2006, p. 234) and the latter in turn carried reviews of some of his writings. It has to be noted that this French reception resulted largely from the personal contacts and scholarly exchanges that he maintained with a number of prominent French linguists such as Jean-François Champollion, Jean-Pierre Abél Rémusat, Eugène Jacquet, and Eugène Burnouf Yet Humboldt's French reception, while including some of his important linguistic studies, all but omitted their philosophical concerns and underlying principles. Typical is the review of Humboldt's groundbreaking treatise from 1827, “On the Dual” that appeared in the Nouvelle Revue Germanique, I: 378–381 (1829), where the reviewer blended out entirely the philosophical intent and key argument of the piece (Ibid. 105/6) and thus distorted beyond recognition Humboldt's integration of linguistic research and language philosophy which lies
The grand, leading principle, towards which every argument . . . unfolded in these pages directly converges, is the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity.This description by Wilhelm von Humboldt of his purpose in writing The Limits of State Action animates John Stuart Mill's On Liberty and serves as its famous epigraph. Seldom has a book spoken so dramatically to another writer. Many commentators even believe that Humboldt's discussion of issues of freedom and individual responsibility possesses greater clarity and directness than Mill's. The Limits of State Action, by "Germany's greatest philosopher of freedom," as F. A. Hayek called him, has an exuberance and attention to principle that make it a valuable introduction to classical liberal political thought. It is also crucial for an understanding of liberalism as it developed in Europe at the turn of the nineteenth century. Humboldt explores the role that liberty plays in individual development, discusses criteria for permitting the state to limit individual actions, and suggests ways of confining the state to its proper bounds. In so doing, he uniquely combines the ancient concern for human excellence and the modern concern for what has come to be known as negative liberty.J. W. Burrow is Professor of History at the University of Sussex.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
This classic study of human language was first published in 1836, as a general introduction to Humboldt's treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the final statement of his lifelong study of language, exploring its universal structures and its relation to mind and culture. It remains one of the most interesting and important attempts to draw philosophical conclusions from comparative linguistics. This volume presents a modern translation by Peter Heath together with a new introduction by Michael Losonsky that places Humboldt's work in its historical and philosophical context.
This set of lectures on language delivered at the Berlin Academy between 1820 and 1829, will give the reader a comprehensive overview of Humboldt's conceptual development. Originally designed for the general though interested public these essays are generally deemed to be more digestible than the famous Kawi-Introduction and will thus facilitate the access to the ideas of this outstanding scholar.
Nicht einmal zwei Jahre lang war er im Amt und doch erreichte er Großes: Als Minister für Kultus und Unterricht reformierte Wilhelm von Humboldt Lehrpläne und Lehrerausbildung an Volksschulen, Gymnasien und Universitäten mit dem Ziel, den Menschen zu einem autonomen Individuum heranzubilden. Noch heute ist das humboldtsche Bildungsideal Bezugspunkt aller Debatten um Bildung. Den genauen Wortlaut seiner Schriften – bislang auch nur in Werkausgaben zugänglich – kennen allerdings die wenigsten. Hier werden sie, angefangen bei Humboldts Theorie der Bildung des Menschen (1793) bis hin zu seinem Entlassungsgesuch (1810), gesammelt präsentiert und ihre Geschichte und Bedeutung in einem Nachwort erläutert.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 4.8 ⭐
"Οι 'Ελληνες μας χρησιμεύουν όχι μόνο ιστορικά, σαν λαός που πρέπει να γνωρίζουμε, αλλά σαν ιδανικό. Η υπεροχή τους έναντί μας είναι τέτοια, που ακριβώς το ανέφικτο της κάνει σκόπιμο να μιμηθούμε τα έργα τους, και ωφέλιμο να υπενθυμίσουμε στην ψυχή μας που συνθλίβεται από την πνιγερή και μικρόψυχη κατάσταση μας τα δικά τους ελεύθερα και ωραία έργα. Μας επαναφέρουν από κάθε άποψη στη δική μας χαμένη [...] ελευθερία, καταργώντας για μια στιγμή την πίεση του χρόνου και ενισχύοντας με την αναπτέρωση που μας χαρίζουν τη δύναμη για να την ξεπεράσουμε με τις δικές μας δυνάμεις."
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
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by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Anthropos. 1990. 436 p. Traducción y prólogo de Ana Agud.Este texto recoge la concepción humboldtiana del lenguaje y de las posibilidades de estudiarlo científicamente. Se trata probablemente del texto más complejo e importante de toda la tradición occidental de reflexión sobre el lenguaje. Sienta las bases de una tipología de las lenguas basada en criterios simultáneamente genéticos y estructurales.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Excerpt from Uber die Verwandtschaft der Ortsadverbien mit dem Pronomen in Einigen SprachenWun die Auffindung des Ursprungs irgend einer Classe von Wortern von grofser Wichtigkeit fur die Geschichte der Entwickelung des menschlichen Geistes ist, so lafst sich dies von dem Ursprung der Worter behaupten, de ren sich die Sprachen zur Bezeichnung der personlichen Pronomina bedie nen. Auch nur ein kurzes Ein gehen in die eigenthumliche Natur dieses merkwurdigen Redetheils wird dies zu beweisen hinreichen.This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 3.0 ⭐
En "Los límites de la acción del Estado", escrita en 1792, ofrece Humboldt una imagen del hombre que significa ya una superación de la concepción ilustrada y desde la que traza los límites a la actuación del Estado. El hombre es energía, que sólo necesita tener la posibilidad de desarrollar sus potencialidades para poder realizar el ideal de hombre que cada individuo tiene para sí mismo. El hombre, considerado como un individuo, necesita libertad para poder alcanzar el máximo grado de desarrollo de sus fuerzas, de sus capacidades, y el Estado debe limitarse, en su legislación y actuación, a la realización de aquellas actividades con las que no perjudique el proceso de realización, de perfeccionamiento, del individuo. Con este principio llega Humboldt a la conclusión de que el Estado debe limitarse a velar por la seguridad de los ciudadanos, atacando, por consiguiente, de manera frontal los objetivos del absolutismo ilustrado, que aspiraba a procurar la felicidad material y espiritual de sus súbditos.
Esta edición, preparada por Pilar Mancebo Pérez, reúne en un único volumen diferentes trabajos de Wilhelm von Humboldt, escritos en distintas etapas de su vida –de 1792 es el más temprano, de 1835, ya al final de sus días, el más tardío–. Todos ellos están recorridos por una idea común, la humanitas, vocación universalista en virtud de la cual la individualidad, el lenguaje o el concepto de nación no quedan recogidos sobre sí mismos, autonomizados en su validez y, también, en su potencialidad conflictiva. Asuntos tales como la formación (Bildung), el origen del hombre, el carácter de los griegos o, en un plano más político, la necesaria limitación de las atribuciones del Estado y la organización de los sistemas de instrucción, se encuentran todos ellos tamizados, en la filosofía de Humboldt, por la universalidad de la comprensión, presupuesto irrenunciable de la hermenéutica que le permite conjurar cierta deriva del romanticismo y de sus siniestros herederos. Humboldt califica como mendaces las promesas que nos ofrecen un hogar en el mundo. El lector sabrá apreciar lo fecundo que es para el progreso de la humanidad partir de un desengaño semejante.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Rating: 3.0 ⭐
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Humboldt realizó varios viajes por Europa y recogió sus impresiones en la obra "Diario de viaje", cuya parte correspondiente a España es la que presentamos. En nuestro país se interesó por la lengua vasca, a la que posteriormente dedicó un ensayo.
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by Wilhelm von Humboldt
This set of lectures on language delivered at the Berlin Academy between 1820 and 1829, will give the reader a comprehensive overview of Humboldt's conceptual development. Originally designed for the general though interested public these essays are generally deemed to be more digestible than the famous Kawi-Introduction and will thus facilitate the access to the ideas of this outstanding scholar.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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by Wilhelm von Humboldt
Preußischer Staatsmann, Schulreformer, Philosoph und Sprachforscher - Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) wirkte auf vielen Gebieten. Seine liberalen, dem Neuhumanismus verpflichteten Ideen führten zu weit reichenden Veränderungen im preußischen Bildungswesen. Auf ihn gehen u. a. die Gründung der Berliner (später Humboldt-) Universität sowie des Humanistischen Gymnasiums zurück. Sie stehen ganz im Zeichen eines universalen Bildungsideals, das die Freilegung aller individuellen Kräfte v. a. durch die Beschäftigung mit der antiken Literatur sowie mit dem Medium Sprache, aber auch in der Auseinandersetzung mit anderen Wissenschaften, zum Ziel hat. Selbst mehrere europäische Sprachen beherrschend, galt von Humboldts größte Aufmerksamkeit der analytischen Erforschung sämtlicher Sprachen der Welt. Die von 1903 bis 1936 von der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften durch Albert Leitzmann, Bruno Gebhardt und Wilhelm Richter herausgegebene 17-bändige Ausgabe der Gesammelten Schriften Wilhelm von Humboldts stellt bis heute die bedeutendste Humboldt-Werkedition dar. Nach wie vor vereinigt sie als Einzige die u. a. aus dem handschriftlichen Nachlass stammenden, breit gefächerten Arbeiten des großen Denkers. Sie werden, thematisch und chronologisch geordnet, in vier Abteilungen prä Werke (u. a. literarische, sprachwissenschaftliche, philosophische Abhandlungen), politische Denkschriften, Tagebücher und politische Briefe . Das 17 Bände umfassende Set kann geschlossen bezogen werden, aber auch die Lieferung von Einzelbänden ist jetzt erstmals möglich.
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Wilhelm von Ueber Göthes Herrmann und Dorothea Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2013 Vollständiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Textgrundlage ist die Herausgeber der Michael Holzinger Viktor Harvion Umschlaggestaltung unter Verwendung des Wilhelm von Humboldt, Kreidezeichnung von Johann Joseph Schmeller Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 10 pt
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Imprégné des Lumières, Wilhelm von Humboldt séjourne à Paris entre 1797 et 1799. Durant cette période riche et mouvementée, il tient un journal, qu'il conçoit comme une véritable enquête anthropologique. Dans ce dessein, Humboldt rencontre toutes les personnalités marquantes de la capitale : Bonaparte, Sieyès, Mme de Staël, Benjamin Constant, pour ne citer qu'eux. Il fréquente assidûment assemblées, instituts, théâtres et salons ; prend de nombreuses notes de lectures ; dépeint enfin, non sans humour et avec un sens aigu du pittoresque, la société d'alors.Encore inédit en France, le Journal parisien est un document exceptionnel sur la vie politique et culturelle sous le Directoire. Il contribuera à faire découvrir au public français, à travers un chapitre de sa propre histoire, la richesse de la pensée de Humboldt et sa profonde originalité.
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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