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title: "2 Johann Herder Quotes"
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# Johann Herder

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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 c

##  Quotes by Johann Herder

> [“The people need a master only as long as they have no understanding of their own. The more it acquires understanding, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-herder/the-people-need-a-master-only-as-long-as-they-have-no-understanding/)

[Johann Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-herder/)

[Govern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/govern/)

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> [“It is greatly understated to compare humans to an absorbent sponge, a glowing fuse; they are each an innumerable harmony, a living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-herder/it-is-greatly-understated-to-compare-humans-to-an-absorbent-sponge-a/)

[Johann Herder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-herder/)

[Harmony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harmony/)

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