Wilhelm von Humboldt: Language as Expression of the Spirit of Peoples

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

This statement emphasizes the close connection between language and the culture of a people.

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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.

Quote about language reflecting the spirit of a people by Ernst Moritz Arndt

10. July 2020

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"The language of a people is the clearest mirror of their spirit and their intellectual life; whoever alienates themselves from the language of their people alienates themselves from their people." Ernst Moritz Arndt