“Ein beschränkter Verstandesmensch ohne Einbildungskraft”
- In a letter dated August 6, 1797 to his friend Christian Gottfried Körner, Friedrich Schiller characterized Alexander von Humboldt as a person of limited imagination, who, in spite of his numerous activities, would never be able to achieve greatness in his scientific pursuits. Yet, only in 1849 did Humboldt learn of Schiller’s opinion from the published correspondence between Schiller and Körner. Nonetheless, Humboldt declared that this basically unjust characterization of himself by Schiller would never prevent him from admiring the great German playwright and poet; moreover, Humboldt looked for comfort in a similarly harsh opinion of Johann Gottfried Herder also expressed by Schiller. In the end, Humboldt could barely conceal his feelings of disappointment regarding Schiller’s opinion, especially because Humboldt had considered Schiller to be his friend.
Author details: | Ingo SchwarzGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34937 |
ISSN: | 2568-3543 |
ISSN: | 1617-5239 |
Title of parent work (German): | HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies |
Subtitle (German): | Anmerkungen zu Friedrich Schillers Urteil über Alexander von Humboldt |
Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | German |
Publication year: | 2003 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Publishing institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Release date: | 2009/09/02 |
Tag: | 1797; 1849; Christian Gottfried Körner; Friedrich Schiller; Johann Gottfried Herder |
Volume: | IV |
Issue: | 6 |
Number of pages: | 6 |
First page: | 35 |
Last Page: | 40 |
Source: | HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz, IV (2003) 6 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | GK 4953, NU 5089, WB 3187, RT 10026, RB 10032 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Romanistik |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 509 Histor., geogr., personenbezogene Behandlung |
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 91 Geografie, Reisen / 911 Historische Geografie | |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, ISSN 1617-5239 / HiN IV, 6 (2003) |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
External remark: | The original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.18443/38 |