Similar visions of education as an unfolding of humanity would live on throughout the nineteenth century, initially in Prussia and other German-speaking lands, then elsewhere as other countries picked up on these (literally) progressive ideas. The approach can be summed up in two German words. One is Bildung, which means “education,” but with an added implication of making or forming an image, since it comes from the root Bild, meaning “picture.” Bildung suggests the making or forming of a person, usually a young man.
