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Johann Georg Hamann
Photo: Paul Ortwin Rave , Das Geistige Deutschland im Bildnis: Das Jahrhundert Goethes , Berlin 1949 (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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German philosopher (1730-1788)

Also known as: Johann G. Hamann, Иоганн Георг Гаман, يوهان جورج هامان, 요한 게오르크 하만, ヨハン・ゲオルク・ハーマン, 約翰·格奧爾格·哈曼

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Known works

  • Hamann's Schriften
  • London writings
  • Briefwechsel (1955)
  • Kleeblatt hellenistischer Briefe (1994)
  • Writings on philosophy and language (2007)