Test of manhood

Peter J. Leithart
November 4, 2008
Category: Philosophy

Lessing on Hamann: “His writings seem to be tests of manhood for those who claim to be polyhistorians.  They truly require a little knowledge of everything.”

This from John Betz’s After Enlightenment: Hamann as Post-Secular Visionary, fresh out from Wiley-Blackwell.


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