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Johann Gottfried Herder
German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)
Johann Gottfried von Herder (HUR-dər; German:[ˈjoːhanˈɡɔtfʁiːtˈhɛʁdɐ];[15][16][17] 25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a Prussian philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic.
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He is associated with the 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 common people (das Volk). He also stated that it was through folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (der Volksgeist) was popularized.
He is credited with establishing or advancing a number of important disciplines: hermeneutics, linguistics, anthropology, and "a secular philosophy of history."[18]
Biography
Born in Mohrungen (now Morąg, Poland) in the Kingdom of Prussia, his parents were teacher Gottfried Herder (1706–1763