Frederick the Great and Voltaire
On August 8, 1736, the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick wrote a letter to Voltaire, who was then a famous philosopher and a highly favored intellectual...
November 24, 2019
Tagged: Enlightened Absolutism
Enlightened Absolutism
Enlightenment was a time of radical rationalization and liberalization of the Western thought in the 18th century. With the religion rapidly fading away from the...
October 26, 2019
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humoldt was born to a noble Prussian family on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam. Wilhelm, who was also the brother of famous Alexander...
July 20, 2019