@article{BiermannSchwarz2001, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Der Aachener Kongreß und das Scheitern der indischen Reisepl{\"a}ne Alexander von Humboldts}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34500}, pages = {5 -- 14}, year = {2001}, abstract = {This article argues that a "Memoir about the Spanish Colonies in South America" allegedly written by Alexander von Humboldt in 1818 for the Holy Alliance's Conference at Aix-la-Chapelle in reality never existed and therefore could not serve as an impediment to Humboldt's effort to visit India.}, language = {de} } @article{BiermannSchwarz2001, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {"Sibirien beginnt in der Hasenheide"}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/7}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34515}, pages = {15 -- 28}, year = {2001}, abstract = {In letters to trusted friends and in conversations Humboldt often showed an inclination to make fun of persons, institutions and situations. In most cases he did this tongue in cheek, rarely hurting people seriously. A special target of Humboldt's ironical remarks was the Prussian ministry of education and culture because of its animosity to the natural sciences which Humboldt wanted to promote. Often Humboldt expressed his frustration about narrow-mindedness and arrogance which he observed in his hometown of Berlin. Sometimes he had reasons to criticize the Prussian Academies of Sciences and of Arts. Humboldt had a fine sense of humor and many critical remarks can only be understood in the context in which they were made. The reader should therefore be warned, not to take any ironical or sarcastic characterization of a person or an institution literally.}, language = {de} } @article{BiermannSchwarz2001, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Rezepte des jungen Alexander von Humboldt von 1789 gegen Mangel an Arbeit und an Subsistenz}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {II}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {2}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34524}, pages = {29 -- 33}, year = {2001}, abstract = {KRB hat an anderer Stelle das Technikverst{\"a}ndnis Alexander von Humboldts behandelt und ihn als "geistigen Ahnherrn der F{\"o}rderung industriellen Fortschritts" gew{\"u}rdigt. Hier und heute sei Humboldts fr{\"u}hes Interesse an der Anwendung der Botanik belegt, um dem Bev{\"o}lkerungswachstum, der Preissteigerung bei Lebensmitteln, der Zerr{\"u}ttung der Staatsfinanzen, dem einreißenden Mangel durch Erschließung neuer Nahrungsquellen, Nutzung ignorierter Naturkr{\"a}fte und Schaffung neuer Arbeitspl{\"a}tze zu steuern. Dabei beachtete Humboldt, nahezu noch ein Teenager, bereits {\"o}kologische Gesichtspunkte.}, language = {de} } @article{Schwarz2000, author = {Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {"Es ist meine Art, einen und denselben Gegenstand zu verfolgen, bis ich ihn aufgekl{\"a}rt habe"}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {I}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {1}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.18443/4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34372}, pages = {65 -- 70}, year = {2000}, abstract = {Alexander von Humboldt has been characterized as the second, scientific discoverer of the New World, as the last universal scientist, Aristotle of modern times, etc. However, more or less hidden in his correspondence we find certain self-characterizations which are not that well-known. Some of them are quoted and discussed in the paper. Thus, an attempt is made to answer the question why Humboldt liked to call himself "the old man from the mountains", and whether or not he found it appropriate to be called "Aristotle of our age."}, language = {de} } @misc{EtteLeitnerPieperetal.2000, author = {Ette, Ottmar and Leitner, Ulrike and Pieper, Herbert and Schwarz, Ingo and Werner, Petra}, title = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, volume = {I}, number = {1}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-42414}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-424140}, pages = {109}, year = {2000}, abstract = {Inhalt: -Ottmar Ette: Unterwegs zum Weltbewußtsein. Alexander von Humboldts Wissenschaftsverst{\"a}ndnis und die Entstehung einer ethisch fundierten Weltanschauung -Ulrike Leitner: Humboldt's works on Mexico -Herbert Pieper: „Ungeheure Tiefe des Denkens, unerreichbarer Scharfblick und die seltenste Schnelligkeit der Kombination". Zur Wahl Alexander von Humboldts in die K{\"o}nigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin vor 200 Jahren -Ingo Schwarz: „Es ist meine Art, einen und denselben Gegenstand zu verfolgen, bis ich ihn aufgekl{\"a}rt habe". {\"A}ußerungen Alexander von Humboldts {\"u}ber sich selbst -Petra Werner: {\"U}bereinstimmung oder Gegensatz? Zum widerspr{\"u}chlichen Verh{\"a}ltnis zwischen A. v. Humboldt und F. W. J. Schelling}, language = {de} }