Die Fußnote über Geognosia in Humboldts Florae Fribergensis specimen

Abstract

Article in German, Abstracts in English and GermanHumboldt distinguished between three disciplines dealing with the inquiring of the earth: geognosia, historia telluris, physiografia. In 1793, he used the notion of “Geognosie” for the first time. He explained the notion in a footnote that was reprinted in 1815, 1817, and again in 1845. The paper analyses the meaning attributed by Humboldt to the notion of “Geognosie” and gives a new German translation of the Latin texts of the footnote.

Keywords

• Alexander von Humboldt
• Herbert Pieper
• Eberhard Knobloch
• Florae Fribergensis specimen
• Geognosie