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Johann Georg Hamann

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German philosopher (1730-1788)

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Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg. Known by the pen name "the Magus (Wizard) of the North", he was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy.

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Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg. Known by the pen name "the Magus (Wizard) of the North", he was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy. His work was used by his student Johann Gottfried Herder as the main support of the Sturm und Drang movement, and is associated with the Counter-Enlightenment and Romanticism.

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Germany
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Lived 1730 to 1788 · aged 57
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