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Faint blue oval library stamp containing Latin text. ROYAL LIBRARY OF MUNICH original: "BIBLIOTHECA REGIA MONACENSIS" Handwritten note in the upper right margin, illegible.?

Specific Results of Observation?

in the Field of?

Cosmic Phenomena.?

Cosmos.

In a scientific work, in which the ease of? understanding? individual? parts? prevails? almost? in the manner of an encyclopedia?, the? gradual? determination? in? the? arrangement? of? the? material? is? almost? even? more? important? than? the richness of? the? subject matter?. This value is? all the more?, and? the more? perceptible, as? in the book of? the? Nature Humboldt uses "Nature" here not just as the outdoors, but as the entire physical universe governed by laws. (in the Cosmos The term "Cosmos" refers to Humboldt's concept of the universe as a complex, orderly, and harmonious system.) the harmonious unity? of the whole, both? in the subjectivity? of inner? intuition? as well as? in? the? spirit? of? the? world? based on the? ideas of? the? structure of the universe original: "Weltbau" of a? perfection? of? its? reality?, with? the? relation? to external? nature? ... ...? the? entire? inner [being]? must?. A? generality?, which? does not? as individual consideration? yet appear as? a natural whole? must? however? still? be? remarkable?, since? among? the? considered? purposes?, in the number? of objects?, gradually? to? survey?, has taught? one to recognize? the interplay of forces, when I had? drafted? the first two volumes of the Cosmos in? the? firmest? harmony of endeavors.