Karl Wilhelm

Karl Wilhelm may refer to:

  • Karl Wilhelm (botanist) (K.Wilh., 1848-1933), a German botanist
  • Karl Wilhelm (conductor) (1815-1873), a German choral director

Famous quotes containing the words karl wilhelm, karl and/or wilhelm:

    “War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
    “Where I cut off one it will never grow again.”
    O Karl would it were true
    I’d put my saw to work for you
    & the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his stand, and from it philosophy starts in its study of the universe of mind as well as the universe of nature.”
    —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)