University of Berlin
About University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
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Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer hated his contemporary Hegel so much he intentionally scheduled his lectures at the same time as Hegel's and had zero people attend. This was at the University of Berlin — Schopenhauer taught a few semesters there and apparently never had more than five students sign up, while Hegel was getting in the hundreds as chair of philosophy.
from No Such Thing As The Treaty Of Velociraptors, 2025-08-07 at 00:18:24 · read transcript
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He taught maths to Gauss, the most brilliant mathematician of all time. Actually, in fairness, he sort of said to Gauss, to be honest, you don't need to bother turning up to the lectures because he seemed to have it all sorted. He collected so many insects that formed the heart of the University of Berlin's museum of entomology. His chess variant, which is called Kriegsspiel, which means war game.
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Actually, in fairness, he sort of said to Gauss, to be honest, you don't need to bother turning up to the lectures because he seemed to have it all sorted. He collected so many insects. It formed the heart of the University of Berlin's museum of entomology and his chess variant, which is called Creechbiel, which means war game. It includes the elephant, which is a rook night combo, the jumping bishop, which is a bishop knight, the jumping queen, not to be confused with the dancing queen of Aberfein.
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