Johann Georg Hamann

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Christian philosopher critic human philosopher theologian writer

Johann Georg Hamann was an 18th-century German philosopher and critic known for his religiously grounded, anti-Enlightenment thought and his significant influence on later figures such as Herder and Kierkegaard.

Aliases (1)

Hamann ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian philosopher → critic → human → philosopher → theologian → writer →
burialPlace	Münster NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Prussia →
dateOfBirth	1730-08-27 →
dateOfDeath	1788-06-21 →
educatedAt	University of Königsberg →
employer	Prussian customs service →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Hamann →
fieldOfWork	literary criticism → philosophy → religious criticism → theology →
givenName	Georg → Johann →
influenced	Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi → Friedrich Schleiermacher → German Romanticism → Johann Gottfried Herder → Søren Kierkegaard → existentialist philosophy →
influencedBy	David Hume → Johann Sebastian Bach → Martin Luther → Pietism →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
movement	Counter-Enlightenment → German Romanticism → Pietism →
name	Johann Georg Hamann →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableFor	influence on Herder and Kierkegaard → religiously grounded critique of the Enlightenment →
notableIdea	anti-rationalism → critique of Enlightenment rationalism → emphasis on faith over reason → language as revelation → theology of the cross →
notableWork	Aesthetica in nuce → Biblische Betrachtungen → Fliegender Brief → Golgatha und Scheblimini → Kreuzzüge des Philologen → Londoner Schriften → Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten → Wolken →
occupation	civil servant → philosopher → theologian → translator →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Prussia → Königsberg →
placeOfDeath	Münster NERFINISHED → Prince-Bishopric of Münster →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Königsberg → Riga →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johann Gottfried Herder → Johann Gottfried Herder →	influencedBy
Johann Georg Hamann ("Hamann") →	familyName
University of Königsberg →	hasAcademicStaff
German Enlightenment →	hasKeyFigure
Johann Georg Hamann →	name
Deutsche Aufklärung →	notableFigure