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Johann Gottfried Herder

1744 - 1803

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Johann Gottfried von Herder ( HUR-dər; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈhɛʁdɐ]; 25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a Prussian philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Gottfried Herder is the 92nd most popular philosopher (down from 89th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Poland (up from 16th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Philosopher.

Johann Gottfried Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, and poet. He is most famous for his philosophy of nationalism, which he believed was the natural state of humanity.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Johann Gottfried Herder ranks 92 out of 1,267. Before him are Porphyry, Athanasius of Alexandria, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Jürgen Habermas, and Mencius. After him are John of Damascus, Aristippus, George Berkeley, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Carl von Clausewitz, and Jacques Derrida.

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Among people born in 1744, Johann Gottfried Herder ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Frederick William II of Prussia. After him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Abigail Adams, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Pierce Butler, and Elbridge Gerry. Among people deceased in 1803, Johann Gottfried Herder ranks 1. After him are Toussaint Louverture, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Louis I of Etruria, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Cardinal de Rohan, Vittorio Alfieri, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Ami Argand.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Herder ranks 15 out of 1,694. Before him are Lech Wałęsa (1943), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), and Günter Grass (1927). After him are Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Fritz Haber (1868), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), and Eric of Pomerania (1381).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Johann Gottfried Herder ranks 2. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer (1788). After him are Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Ernst Cassirer (1874), Jakob Böhme (1575), Christian Wolff (1679), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Heinrich Rickert (1863), and Paul Tillich (1886).

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