Johann Georg Hamann (Author of Writings on Philosophy and Language)

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Johann Georg Hamann

Born

in KÃ¶nigsberg, Germany

August 27, 1730

Died

June 21, 1788

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Johann Georg Hamann (August 27, 1730, KÃ¶nigsberg â€� June 21, 1788, MÃ¼nster) was an important German philosopher, a main proponent of the Sturm und Drang movement, and associated by historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin with the Counter-Enlightenment. He was Pietist Lutheran, and a friend (while being an intellectual opponent) of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. He was also a lutenist, having studied this instrument with Timofey Belogradsky (a student of Sylvius Leopold Weiss), a Ukrainian virtuoso then living in KÃ¶nigsberg. He was known by the epithet Magus im Norden ("Magus of the North").

His distrust of reason and the Enlightenment ("I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter" was one of his many witicisms) led h ...more

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	Writings on Philosophy and Language by Johann Georg Hamann, Kenneth Haynes (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1825 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sokratische DenkwÃ¼rdigkeiten / Aesthetica in nuce 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1762 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hamann's Socratic Memorabilia: A Translation and Commentary by Johann Georg Hamann, James C. O'Flaherty (Translator, commentator) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1759 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London Writings: The Spiritual & Theological Journal of Johann Georg Hamann 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aesthetica in nuce really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1762 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johann Georg Hamann's Relational Metacriticism (Theologische Bibliothek TÃ¶pelmann, 67) by Johann Georg Hamann, Gwen Griffith Dickson 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SÃ¤mtliche Werke Bd. 1: Tagebuch eines Christen it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johann Georg Hamann: Eine Auswahl aus seinen Schriften by Johann Georg Hamann, Martin Seils (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gedanken Ã¼ber meinen Lebenslauf liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SÃ¤mtliche werke Bd. 2: Schriften Ã¼ber Philosophie, Philologie, Kritik it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1950	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The product of paper and printed ink, that we commonly call the book, is one of the great visible mediators between spirit and time, and, reflecting zeitgeist, lasts as long as ore and stone.”
― Johann Georg Hamann

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“I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter.”
― Johann Georg Hamann

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“Do nothing or everything; the mediocre, the moderate, is repellent to me; I prefer an extreme.”
― Johann Georg Hamann

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