Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.
Johann Georg Hamann
Everything is vain and ...
Quotes from the same author
Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.
Johann Georg Hamann
Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.
Johann Georg Hamann
Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him.
Johann Georg Hamann
If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. Reason is language - Logos; I gnaw on this marrowbone and will gnaw myself to death over it. It is still always dark over these depths for me: I am still always awaiting an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss.
Johann Georg Hamann
A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such nor desire to be; herein consists the heroic spirit of the philosopher.
Johann Georg Hamann
