洪堡特从哲学、人类学等角度考察语言现象,探索语言的本质;从语言入手分析人类精神。他的语言哲学思想体现了“精神至上”的原则。在洪堡特看来,语言是人类精神的体现,语言的一切都来源于精神,决定于精神。精神是语言的本原、内核和动力。 Humboldt examines linguistic phenomena from the philosophical and anthropological perspectives and explores the essence of language; analyzes human spirit from the perspective of language. His philosophy of language philosophy embodies the principle of “supremacy of spirit”. In Humboldt’s view, language is the manifestation of the human spirit, everything in the language comes from the spirit, determined by the spirit. Spirit is the language of the original, core and motivation.