Johann Gottfried Herder
1744
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1803
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movement: Age of Enlightenment, romantic nationalism
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Königsberg
occupation: philosopher, theologian, poet, translator, writer, literary critic, literary scholar, opinion journalist, aesthetician
influenced by: Immanuel Kant, Benedictus de Spinoza, Giordano Bruno, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Gottfried von Herder ( HUR-dər, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈhɛʁdɐ]; 25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism. He was a Romantic philosopher and poet who argued that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people (das Volk). He also stated that it was through folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (der Volksgeist) was popularized. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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