What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave’s smock at home?
Johann G. Hamann Quotes
Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.
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| Birth: | 27th August, 1730 |
| Death: | 21st June, 1788 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Philosopher |
About
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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