Johann Georg Hamann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Georg Hamann

German philosopher

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1730

Place of Birth: Königsberg

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1788

Profession: writer, theologian, philosopher, lutenist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johann Georg Hamann (; German: ['ha?man]; August 27, 1730 – June 21, 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg known as the “the Wizard of the North” who was one of the leader figures of post Kantian philosophy.
His work was used by his student J.
G.
Herder as the main support of the Sturm und Drang movement, and is associated with the Counter-Enlightenment and Romanticism.He introduced Kant, also from Königsberg, to both Hume – waking him from his "dogmatic slumber" – and Rousseau.
Hamann was influenced by Hume, but he used his views to argue for rather than against Christianity. Goethe and Kierkegaard were among those who considered him to be the finest mind of his time.
He was also a key influence on Hegel and Jacobi.
Long before the linguistic turn, Hamann believed epistemology should be replaced by the philosophy of language.