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ArtNovember 2009 Exhibition note On "In Pursuit of Knowledge: 600 Years of Leipzig University," The Grolier Club, New York.
Founded in 1409 by students of the Saxon nation who had withdrawn from the University of Prague, Leipzig University is, in consecutive years of existence, the second oldest university in Europe. A glance at its roster of former students—Goethe, Leibniz, Richard Wagner, and Angela Merkel among them—suggests the university’s central place in the intellectual, cultural, and p ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 28 November 2009, on page 45 Copyright © 2009 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Exhibition-note-4315
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