Johann Georg Hamann Quotes

German philosopher (1730-1788)

Johann Georg Hamann (August 27 1730 – June 21 1788) was a German philosopher of the Counter-Enlightenment and a main proponent of the Sturm und Drang movement.

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Sämtliche Werken, ed. Josef Nadler (Vienna: Verlag Herder, 1949-1957), vol. II, p. 197.

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