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Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German critic, theologian, and philosopher, who was the leading figure of the Sturm und Drang literary movement and an innovator in the philosophy of history and culture. His influence, augmented by his contacts with the young J.W. von Goethe, made him a harbinger.
Johann Gottfried von Herder ( / ˈhɜːrdər / HUR-dər, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈhɛʁdɐ]; [15] [16] [17] 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.
Oct 23, 2001 · Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744–1803) is a philosopher of the first importance. This judgment largely turns on the intrinsic quality of his ideas (of which this article will try to give some impression). But another aspect of it is his intellectual influence.
Johann Gottfried von Herder, (born Aug. 25, 1744, Mohrungen, East Prussia—died Dec. 18, 1803, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar), German critic and philosopher. Trained in theology and literature, he initially worked as a teacher and preacher at Riga.
Jun 11, 2024 · The late 18th-century German critic, theologian, and philosopher Johann Gottfried von Herder was apparently the first to use the word folk (in German, as Volk) in print.
Johann Gottfried von Herder (August 25, 1744 – December 18, 1803) was a German philosopher, poet, critic, theologian. He is best known for his influence on authors such as Goethe and the role he played in the development of the larger cultural movement known as romanticism .
Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher and critic, was born in Mohrungen in East Prussia. His father was a schoolteacher and he grew up in humble circumstances. In 1762 he enrolled at the University of K ö nigsberg, where he studied with Kant, who accorded him special privileges due to his unusual intellectual abilities.
Aug 23, 2022 · Johann Gottfried Herder was born the son of a cantor on August 25, 1744, in Mohrungen, East Prussia. He studied theology and philosophy from 1762 to 1764 at the University of Königsberg, where he was also taught and mentored by Immanuel Kant.
Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) is often cited as an ancestor of modern cultural relativism, in which cultures exist in the plural. This article argues that Herder’s anthropology, and anthropology generally, are more closely related to Enlightenment thought than is generally considered.
The modern concept of ‘nation’ to describe the whole of a particular society was first used by the German philosopher and scholar Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803). Herder insisted that his idea of the nation was not at all political – though it became so later.
