Hamann, Johann Georg(1730–1788)
Johann Georg Hamann, the German Protestant thinker and critic of the Enlightenment, was born in Königsberg. In no sense a professional philosopher, and la...
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The German philosopher Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) was known as the "Magus of the North." He held that truth is a matter of subjective belief, and he sought to reveal the divine in things and peop...
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Johann Georg Hamann is a seminal figure in the development of modern German literature and philosophy. To many generations of cultural historians and students of German literature he has been known as...
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