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Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to...

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To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds ...

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A learned society of our day, no doubt with the loftiest of intentions, has proposed the question, “...

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Johann Gottfried Herder

Philosopher

Born: 1744-08-25

Died: 1803-12-18

Johann Gottfried Herder (or von Herder) (25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German poet, philosopher, literary critic and folksong collector. He is remembered as a theorist of the Sturm und Drang movement, and as a decisive influence on the young Goethe.More