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Whatever does not spring from a man’s free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains… - Wilhelm von Humboldt
" "Whatever does not spring from a man’s free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness...we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.
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About Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, and elder brother of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt who is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt
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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt
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Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
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