 Besides music , Mendelssohn 's education included art , literature , languages , and philosophy . He had a particular interest in classical literature and translated Terence 's Andria for his tutor Heyse in 1825 ; Heyse was impressed and had it published in 1826 as a work of " his pupil , F * * * * " [ i.e. " Felix " ( asterisks as provided in original text ) ] . This translation also qualified Mendelssohn to study at the Humboldt University of Berlin , where from 1826 to 1829 he attended lectures on aesthetics by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , on history by Eduard Gans and on geography by Carl Ritter . 
