The Magus of the North: J.G. Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism

By Isaiah Berlin

Book Overview

J.G. Hamann (1730-88) was a solitary and idiosyncratic thinker who lived a life of poverty and neglect. He was admired by Herder, Goethe, and later by Kierkegaard, and Berlin's account shows how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719553121
• ISBN13: 9780719553127
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: see notes for publisher info
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.