Humboldt viewed learning as some notion of reminiscence. Leibniz pointed out that Plato's theory was basically correct but it had to be purged, he says. Humboldt said language enables what he called infinite use of finite means. Those conceptions weren't very well understood until the mid-20th century - now everyone has them in their laptop by now.

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