Johann Georg Hamann
German philosopher
- Lived
- 1730–1788
- Country
- Germany
Updated September 2026
About Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg. Known by the pen name "the Magus (Wizard) of the North", he was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy. His work was used by his student Johann Gottfried Herder as the main support of the Sturm und Drang movement, and is associated with the Counter-Enlightenment and Romanticism.
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