Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Education Ideal

Humboldt envisioned that the university would be the place for the self to actualise the truth of the cosmos. The university as a place for otium, for theoria, was not intended to be an institution of passing on dogmas. Rather, the university was to be a place for self-initiated learning, exploration of one's inner self, which would, Humboldt was convinced, inevitably lead to greater freedom and the fulfillment of cosmological law. The university was a near sacred place allowing individuals to become themselves and thus the university was envisioned as a bulwark against increasing bureaucratization Humboldt warned against as a malady of modern times.

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[viktorgus]

Das hier ist wohl die beste Einführung zu Humboldts Bildungsideal auf YouTube.
Vielen Dank dafür. :)

[EG-uvfd]

3:02 4:46 Education 8:31 9:05 10:18 11:05 Apollonian / one sidedness : disharmony 11:36 Cosmopolitan / fulfilling the end of the universe / freedom doesn’t mean growth / the goal is not multitasking but totality 14:04 Self activity 17:29 Free from the demands of the state 19:34 Universitas literarum Vs school to work 20:14 Freedom and helpful loneliness / gain access to the truth of the cosmos 23:06 University: fulfilling the purpose of the universe

[taeharte]

Thank you very much. It was a very enlightning video. Now I'm curious, how did the Prussian schoolsystem develop into Volkschule, Realschule and Gymnasia? The latter one seems to follow the thoughts of Wilhelm von Humboldt, but the former two not at all - they are quite mechanical in nature

[lusifyy]

The word you say in the begining could be similar to "Weltanschauung" yet more on the educational and societal development side of things. Or, knowing his philosophical influences, instead of societal development, yet individual development to help progress society. Do I have that correct?

[SSJKamui]

On Humboldt and Happyness: It is interesting that Humboldt basically precedes Nietzsche here who said similar thinks. (But to honest, I think this is a special trait of german philosophy, later shared with people Like Nietzsche, Spengler and Heidegger. Germany philosophy is basically that you need to learn to be content with the fact that in the long term, you cannot be happy and wanting to be happy as your primary goal makes you stupid in the end. In a certain way, I think even ultimately, german philosophy ultimately ends up as "the only thing that can make you happy is to accept that ultimately, nothing can make you happy". lol)

[openscienceerichoeven]

Thanks ! I am making a data base for philosophy and i hope you will visit it some time greetings Eric van Hoeven