FavAuthor
Johann Gottfried Herder
Photo: Anton Graff (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

If you like Johann Gottfried Herder, read these authors

German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)

Also known as: Gottfried Herder, Herder, Johann Gottfried, Johann Gottfried v. Herder, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Иоганн Готфрид Гердер

Similar authors

This list comes from an AI, not yet from reader data. Once enough readers like Johann Gottfried Herder, their data replaces the AI suggestions.

  • Johann Georg Hamann1730–1788
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Counter-Enlightenment reflections on language, faith and poetry that shaped Herder's own thought. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Sturm und Drang poetry and essays on art, nature and folk song in the same Weimar milieu. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Friedrich Schiller1759–1805
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Philosophical essays on aesthetics and history alongside lyric and dramatic poetry. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing1729–1781
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Enlightenment criticism on sculpture, poetry and the education of humanity. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann1717–1768
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Influential writing on ancient sculpture and the aesthetics of classical art. (AI reason)

    Report
Show all 10
  • Jacob Grimm1785–1863
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Collection and study of folk tradition, language and national poetry. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Ludwig Achim von Arnim1781–1831
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Folk-song anthology Des Knaben Wunderhorn continuing the gathering of popular verse. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Christoph Martin Wieland1733–1813
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Weimar classicism blending translation, verse narrative and cultural reflection. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Friedrich Schlegel1772–1829
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Early Romantic criticism on world literature, language and the philosophy of history. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Wilhelm von Humboldt1767–1835
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Philosophy of language and human development rooted in cultural diversity. (AI reason)

    Report

Pick Johann Gottfried Herder and a few more favorite authors to get suggestions that fit you.

Get your own suggestions

Known works

  • Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit (1784)
  • Against Pure Reason (1992)
  • Reise nach Italien (1859)
  • Sculpture (2002)
  • On world history (1996)