Coercion and Freedom – Quote by Wilhelm von Humboldt

„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.“

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Wilhelm von Humboldt was a Prussian scholar, writer, and statesman.

Wilhelm von Humboldt contrasts the possible advantages and risks of coercion and freedom.


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Wilhelm von Humboldt played a key role in reforming the educational system in Prussia and founded the Humboldtian education ideal. He initiated the founding of the University of Berlin and promoted Neohumanism. His work covered political theory, linguistics, and cultural studies. Alongside his brother Alexander, he is considered an important figure in German cultural history.

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