Johann Georg Hamann

"Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on 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."

"Through a vicious circle of pure reason skepsis itself becomes dogma."

"Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter."

"Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him."

"The philosophers have always given truth a bill of divorce, by separating what nature has joined together and vice versa."

"Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our at…"

"Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself."