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Ideas of Johann Gottfried Herder, by Text
[German, 1744 - 1803, Studied at Königsberg. Superintendant of clergy at Weimar.]
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1767
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On Recent German Literature. Fragments
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p.373
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p.51
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Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge
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p.65
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7669
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We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Berlin]
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Ch.3
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p.60
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7668
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Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Berlin]
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p.153
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p.53
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20949
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Study the use of words, not their origins
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