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I'll venture a couple guesses. 1) Humboldt's university reforms creating graduate education and research universities. This doesn't explain the seed of German
by jackcosgrove 2y ago
I'll venture a couple guesses.
1) Humboldt's university reforms creating graduate education and research universities. This doesn't explain the seed of German intellectual activity as it was a relatively late development, but it does explain the institutionalization of German intellectual activity. As to the seed...
2) German was the language with the most literate speakers in Europe during the Enlightenment. For a few centuries after the Reformation, Protestant regions did have higher rates of literacy than Catholic or Orthodox regions, and Germans were the most numerous of the Protestant cultural-linguistic groups.
- LtWorf 2y agoSources?
- Someone 2y agoFor the “For a few centuries after the Reformation, Protestant regions did have higher rates of literacy than Catholic or Orthodox regions” claim, the map in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment#Literacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Age_of_Enligh... supports that claim. It mentions ten countries. The four most literate were largely Protestant, the six least literate largely Catholic.
- playingalong 2y agoThe map in the link is strange. Shows 21st century countries while it pertains to times a few hundred years ago. This doesn't convey the trust.