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Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.
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Birth: | 27th August, 1730 |
Death: | 21st June, 1788 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Philosopher |
Johann Georg Hamann was born in Königsberg, Prussia. He was a German Protestant thinker, fideist, and friend of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. His distrust of reason led him to conclude that a childlike faith in God was the only solution to vexing problems of philosophy. He studied theology at the University of Königsberg. His first publication was a study in political economy about a dispute on nobility and trade. He wrote under the nom de plume of “the Magus of the North”. His main concern was to reconcile philosophy and Christianity.
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