“A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.”
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Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of 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. He also stated that it was through folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances that the t…
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culture · German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803) · philosopher · theologian · poet · translator · writer · literary critic · literary scholar · opinion journalist · aesthetician · head teacher · also Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Gottfried, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Herder
Born 25 August 1744 · Died 18 December 1803 · Q155547
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2004· 1 entry
Foreign Affairs: Johann Gottfried Herder: Another Philosophy of History, and Selected Political Writings
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1803· 4 entries
Died 1803-12-18.
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“O duszo, co będziesz czuła, kiedy opuścisz ten świat? Zniknął ciasny, pewny, ograniczony świat i oto unosisz się w przestworzach albo pływasz w morzu – a świat ten znika na twoich oczach i oto zniknął! Cóż za nowy sposób myślenia!”
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“a human soul is an individual in the realm of minds: it senses in accordance with an individual formation, and thinks in accordance with the strength of its mental organs. ... My long allegory has succeeded if it achieves the representation of the mind of a human being as an individual phenomenon, as a rarity which deserves to occupy our eyes.”
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“Na ziemi jesteśmy przymocowani do martwego punktu i zamknięci w wąskim kręgu sytuacji.”
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1802· 1 entry
Herder was ennobled by the Elector-Prince of Bavaria, which added the prefix "von" to his last name
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1776· 1 entry
Career landmark: superintendent (1776).
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1764· 1 entry
Career landmark: pastor (1764–1769).
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1744· 1 entry
Born 1744-08-25.
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