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Article: Herder, Johann Gottfried Von (1744–1803)
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HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744
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1803)
HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON
(1744
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1803), German philosopher and theologian. Born in Mohrungen, East Prussia (now Morag, Poland), the son of a schoolteacher, Herder studied at the university of K
ö
nigsberg for two years, where he began a lifelong friendship and correspondence with Johann Georg Hamann (1730
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1787) and heard lectures by Immanuel Kant (1724
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1804), then a private lecturer, not yet famous or even a professor. In 1764 Herder began a career as a Lutheran pastor, first at Riga (1764
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1769), then at the court of Schaumberg-Lippe in B
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ckeburg (1771
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1776), and finally at the court of ...