Johann Gottfried Herder

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Enlightenment philosopher German philosopher clergyman human literary critic philosopher poet theologian translator writer

Johann Gottfried Herder was an 18th-century German philosopher, theologian, and literary critic whose ideas on language, culture, and history helped shape Romanticism and modern hermeneutics.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Enlightenment philosopher → German philosopher → clergyman → human → literary critic → philosopher → poet → theologian → translator → writer →
birthDate	1744-08-25 →
birthPlace	East Prussia → Kingdom of Prussia → Mohrungen →
citizenship	Kingdom of Prussia →
deathDate	1803-12-18 →
deathPlace	Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → Weimar →
educatedAt	University of Königsberg →
era	18th century philosophy → early 19th century philosophy →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Herder →
fieldOfWork	aesthetics → cultural theory → literary criticism → philosophy of history → philosophy of language → theology →
givenName	Gottfried → Johann →
influenced	Friedrich Schleiermacher → Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Romantic nationalism → Wilhelm von Humboldt → modern hermeneutics →
influencedBy	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Immanuel Kant → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → Johann Georg Hamann →
knownFor	contributions to Romanticism → foundational work in modern hermeneutics → philosophy of language and culture → theory of Volksgeist →
language	German →
movement	German Enlightenment → Romanticism → Sturm und Drang →
name	Johann Gottfried Herder →
notableWork	Another Philosophy of History for the Education of Humanity → Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity → On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → Treatise on the Origin of Language → Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs →
positionHeld	court preacher in Bückeburg → general superintendent in Weimar →
religion	Lutheranism →
spouse	Maria Karoline Flachsland →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adolf Bastian → Ernst Cassirer → German idealism → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Romantic nationalism → Wilhelm von Humboldt →	influencedBy
Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity → On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → Treatise on the Origin of Language → Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs →	author
Philhellenes → Philhellenes ("Herder") →	hasNotableMember
Johann Georg Hamann → Spinozism →	influenced
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → Treatise on the Origin of Language →	workOf
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach →	associatedPerson
Mohrungen →	birthplaceOf
Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs →	compiler
Against the Current →	containsEssayOn
The Crooked Timber of Humanity →	discussesThinker
Johann Gottfried Herder ("Herder") →	familyName
University of Königsberg →	hasAlumnus
German Enlightenment →	hasKeyFigure
Sturm und Drang →	hasNotableAuthor
court preacher in Bückeburg →	heldBy
Johann Gottfried Herder →	name
Deutsche Aufklärung →	notableFigure
Prussian Academy of Sciences →	notableMember
court preacher in Bückeburg →	notableOfficeHolder
Mohrungen →	notablePerson
Maria Karoline Flachsland →	spouse