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Herder

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An eminent German thinker, born at Mohrungen, in East Prussia; studied philosophy under Kant, but gave himself up chiefly to literature; became acquainted at Strasburg with Goethe, who was five years his junior, and exercised a great influence over him in his youth; in after years was invited by him to Weimar, where he became court preacher and consistorial councillor, and where he died; wrote the "Spirit of Hebrew Poetry," "Ideas towards a Philosophy of the History of Humanity," and "Poems" (1744-1803).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Herder'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/herder.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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