Writings on Philosophy and Language
By: Johann Georg Hamann
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Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Johann Georg Hamann (1730–88) is a major figure not only in German philosophy but also in literatur…
Want to Read $ 41.54"A reader who seeks after truth might become a hypochondriac out of dread."-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
"From the orators were made talkers; from historians, polyhistors; from philosophers, sophists; from poets, wits."-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
"Whoever writes in a foreign language must like a lover accommodate his mode of thinking to it. -- Whoever writes in his native language has the authority of a husband in his own house, if he is in command of it."-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
"The purity of a language dispossesses it of its wealth; a correctness that is all too rigid takes away its strengh and manhood. In a city as big as Paris, forty learned men are procured each year, at no expense, who infalliably know what is pure and polite in their mother tongue and what is neccessary for the monopoly of this junkshop."-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
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"A reader who seeks after truth might become a hypochondriac out of dread."-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
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"Whoever writes in a foreign language must like a lover accommodate his mode of thinking to it. -- Whoever writes in his native language has the authority of a husband in his own house, if he is in co…"-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
"The purity of a language dispossesses it of its wealth; a correctness that is all too rigid takes away its strengh and manhood. In a city as big as Paris, forty learned men are procured each year, at…"-Johann Georg Hamann, Writings on Philosophy and Language
