(Aug 25, 1744, Mohrungen – Dec 18, 1803, Weimar), a German literary critic, philosopher and Protestant theologian who exercised significant influence across disciplinary boundaries on literary, philosophical and political thought in Europe with his structural analogy-based approach.
Herder began the study of theology, philosophy and the fine arts at the University of Königsberg in 1762. Here, he heard lectures by I. Kant and began a friendship with J.G. Hamann. After only two years, however, he went to Riga as teacher and preacher. Here, his first…