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If not the function of research as such, at least the notion that university teachers should be actively engaged in research, was introduced to American and English universities to some extent under the influence of the Ger3 man example. Joseph Ben-David and Awraham Zloczower have, in their famous article on HUniversities and Academic Systems in Modern Societies;' attributed this success of the German universities during the nineteenth century to the fact that the German-speaking realm was divided up in many states, many of which had their own universities already before the reorganization of the University of Berlin in 1809-10 by Wilhelm von Humboldt, or founded new ones during the following decades.

Even the earliest scientific theories should have been based on nontrivial data. It can be shown that Thales' theory of solar eclipses depended on a fact established in Assyria and Babylonia in the course of many decades of regular observations, the fact that a solar eclipse can happen only at the time of a new moon. Several generations of observers were necessary to establish such fact firmly. In more general terms, it can be said that Ionian theoretical cosmology was based on the knowledge of Near Eastern, mostly Mesopotamian provenance.

Germany, in this respect, is lagging behind. The basic idea that ~ompetition is a vita~ prerequisite for the enhancement of quality In research and teachIng, as was suggested in several of Ben-David's contributions, is still of fundamental importance. Ben-David and Zlocz~wer ar~ued that rivalry and competition in an expanding system was dIrectly hnked to the success of the German university during 68 Competition and Q,yality Orientation the nineteenth century, but once a certain degree 6f saturation was reached and expansion slowed or came to a halt (early in the twentieth century), competition alone could not be properly practiced or had lost its force:.

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