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If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. Reason is language — Logos; I gnaw on thi… - Johann Georg Hamann
" "If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. Reason is language — Logos; I gnaw on this marrowbone and will gnaw myself to death over it. It is still always dark over these depths for me: I am still always awaiting an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss.
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About Johann Georg Hamann
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 (1949-1957), vol. III, p. 40.
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Sämtliche Werken, ed. Josef Nadler (1949-1957), vol. III, p. 286.
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