"All human wisdom works and has worries and…" — Johann Georg Hamann
"All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward."
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25 Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann
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Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies.
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I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter
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The product of paper and printed ink, that we commonly call the book, is one of the great visible mediators…
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Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves
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Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror…
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Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see…
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The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated
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The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece…
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What for others is style, for me is soul.
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A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the…
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Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
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Nature is a book, a letter, a fairy tale (in the philosophical sense) or whatever you want to call it.
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