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The 29+ Johann Georg Hamann Quotes
We have compiled a collection of some of the best quotes ever written by Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann
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The Product Of Paper And Printed Ink, That We Commonly Call The Book, Is One Of The Great Visible Mediators Between Spirit And Time, And, Reflecting Zeitgeist, Lasts As Long As Ore And Stone.
Book
Long
Ink
If Only I Was As Eloquent As Demosthenes, I Would Have To Do No More Than Repeat A Single Word Three Times.
Three
Apocalyptic
Single Word
The Thirst For Vengeance Was The Beautiful Nature Which Homer Imitated
Beautiful
Vengeance
Beautiful Nature
When I Rest My Feet My Mind Also Ceases To Function.
Feet
Mind
Function
Every Phenomenon Of Nature Was A Word, - The Sign, Symbol And Pledge Of A New, Mysterious, Inexpressible But All The More Intimate Union, Participation And Community Of Divine Energies And Ideas.
Ideas
Community
Energy
Hence It Happens That One Takes Words For Concepts, And Concepts For The Things Themselves
Happens
Concepts
All Human Wisdom Works And Has Worries And Grief As Reward.
Grief
Worry
Rewards
Few Authors Understand Themselves, And A Proper Reader Must Not Only Understand His Author But Also Be Able To See Beyond Him.
Able
Reader
Self Knowledge Begins With The Neighbor, The Mirror, And Just The Same With True Self-love; That Goes From The Mirror To The Matter.
Mirrors
Self
Matter
The Farther Reason Looks The Greater Is The Haze In Which It Loses Itself.
Fog
Looks
Reason
What Good To Me Is The Festive Garment Of Freedom When I Am In A Slave's Smock At Home?
Home
Slave
Garments
The Philosophers Have Always Given Truth A Bill Of Divorce, By Separating What Nature Has Joined Together And Vice Versa.
Divorce
Together
Vices
Born: August 27, 1730
Died: June 21, 1788
Occupation: Philosopher
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