Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg known as "the Wizard of the North" who was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy. His work was used by his student J. G. Wikipedia
Born: August 27, 1730, Königsberg
Died: June 21, 1788 (age 57 years), Münster, Germany
Influenced by: Immanuel Kant, David Hume, and Martin Knutzen
Children: Johann Michael Hamann
Main interests: Aesthetics; Epistemology; Philosophy of language; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of history; Political philosophy
Notable ideas: "Reason is language" ("Vernunft ist Sprache")