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Manfred Osten (1938) studied Law, Philosophy, Musicology and Literature. He has been Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn (1995-2004) and among his latest publications include Alexander von Humboldt, on human freedom and "Alles veloziferisch" or Goethe discovery of slowness.