Von Humboldt

von Humboldt may refer to:

  • Wilhelm von Humboldt - a Prussian minister, linguist and philosopher
  • Alexander von Humboldt - a Prussian naturalist and explorer

Famous quotes containing the words von and/or humboldt:

    “So as to comprehend that the sky is blue everywhere one doesn’t need to travel around the world.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes. To this double nature of the visible and invisible world—to the profound longing for the latter, coupled with the feeling of the sweet necessity for the former, we owe all sound and logical systems of philosophy, truly based on the immutable principles of our nature, just as from the same source arise the most senseless enthusiasms.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)