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Johann Georg Hamann
German
August 27, 1730
Philosopher
Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves.
Johann Georg Hamann
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Nature is a book, a letter, a fairy tale (in the philosophical sense) or whatever you want to call it.
Johann Georg Hamann
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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 attention, not to fetter it.
Johann Georg Hamann
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