"Es ist meine Art, einen und denselben Gegenstand zu verfolgen, bis ich ihn aufgeklärt habe"

  • 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."
  • Alexander von Humboldt ha sido caracterizado como el segundo descubridor científico del Nuevo Mundo, como el último científico universal, el Aristóteles de la era moderna, etc. Sin embrago, se encuentran más o menos veladas autodescripciones en su correspondencia que no son tan conocidas. Algunas de éstas serán citadas y discutidas en la presentación. De esta manera se intentará responder a la pregunta sobre porqué le gustaba llamarse a sí mismo "el viejo de las montañas" y si halló apropiado llamarle el "Aristóteles de nuestra era".

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Author details:Ingo SchwarzGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34372
DOI:https://doi.org/10.18443/4
ISSN:2568-3543
ISSN:1617-5239
Title of parent work (German):HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies
Subtitle (German):Äußerungen Alexander von Humboldts über sich selbst
Publisher:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publishing:Potsdam
Publication type:Article
Language:German
Publication year:2000
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Publishing institution:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Release date:2009/08/24
Tag:Der Alte vom Berge; Humboldt über sich selbst; Zitat
Volume:I
Issue:1
Number of pages:6
First page:65
Last Page:70
Source:HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz, I (2000)1
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 I, 1 (2000)
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
License (German):License LogoCC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
External remark:The original publication is available at
https://doi.org/10.18443/4
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