Johann Georg Hamann (1730-88) is a tremendous determine not just in German philosophy but in addition in literature and non secular heritage. In his personal time he wrote penetrating criticisms of Herder, Kant, Mendelssohn, and different Enlightenment thinkers; after his dying he used to be a major determine for Goethe, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and others. It was once basically within the 20th century, despite the fact that, that the whole and radical volume of his 'linguistic' critique of philosophy used to be famous. This quantity offers a translation of a big variety of his essays, together with either recognized and lesser-known works. Hamann's enigmatic prose-style used to be intentionally at odds with Enlightenment assumptions approximately language, and a whole gear of annotation explains the varied allusions in his essays. the quantity is done by means of a historic and philosophical creation and recommendations for extra analyzing.
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