Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Education Ideal

In this lecture I discuss Wilhelm von Humboldt's "Bildungsideal", his ideal of self-formation and education. I am currently writing a book on this, too. To be published in the course of 2023. You can sign up for updates here https://www.halkyonguild.org/humboldt...

Humboldt's ideal is very much mine too and I am building my own philosophy university built on it. You can learn more about my Halkyon Academy here https://www.halkyonguild.org/home
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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