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Johann Georg Hamann (August 27, 1730 - June 21, 1788) was a German pietist protestant, thinker, and friend of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. His distrust of reason led him conclude that a childlike faith inside God was the lone solution to the vexing problems of philosophy. As well known per epithet Magus of the Northerly, he was one of a precipitating forces for the counter-enlightenment. He was an influence to Herder, Goethe, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Hegel and Kierkegaard.
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Books In Review: The Magus of the North A review by Thomas K. Carr of Berlin's book on Hamann. Considers whether this Romantic thinker has been unjustly neglected. Johann Georg Hamann Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy which reviews this German thinker's ideas at length. By Gwen Griffith-Dickson. Johann Georg Hamann, Preacher of Christ in the Wilderness of the Enlightenment Laudatory article by Ellen Myers, from Creationism.com. Hamann, Johann Georg Entry on this German Protestant writer from the 2001 Columbia Encyclopedia. Johann Georg Hamann Article by Ted Kinnaman, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Reviews the life and work of this obscure Enlightenment thinker, with special attention to his "metacritique" of Kant. |
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