He was schooled in the tradition of the European Enlightenment, but his faith in reason was also influenced by German romanticism and the ancient history of the Nordic countries.
彼はヨーロッパの啓蒙主義の伝統の中で学校教育を受けたが、彼の理性的な信仰心は、ドイツのロマン主義や北ヨーロッパ諸国の歴史の中で揺れ動いた。