Tags: Philosopher.

Johann Gottfried von Herder (25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German philosopher theologian poet and literary critic. He is associated with the periods of Enlightenment Sturm und Drang and Weimar Classicism.

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birth date
1744-08-25
birth place
Morąg
death date
1803-12-18
death place
Weimar
era
Age of Enlightenment
influenced
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ľudovít Štúr, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
influenced by
Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Kālidāsa, Johann Georg Hamann, Johann Joachim Winckelmann
main interest
Cultural anthropology, Philology, Sturm und Drang
notableIdea
Volksgeist
philosophicalSchool
Romantic nationalism

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